New temple president
Published: Saturday, Aug. 14, 1999
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Kay H Clifford, 74, of the Federal
Heights Ward, Salt Lake Emigration Stake, called as president of the
Oakland California Temple, succeeding Pres. Durrel A. Woolsey. Pres.
Clifford's wife, Ruth Jones Clifford, will
serve as temple matron. Pres. Clifford served as president of the Texas
Houston Mission, mission president's counselor, stake president, bishop and
temple worker. He also served on a symphony orchestra board and was a
school board member and president. A dentist and professor of restorative
dentistry at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, he graduated from
Gila Junior College, Notre Dame University, and Northwestern University. He
was born in Safford, Ariz., to Marvin Henry and Genevie Layton Clifford.
Sister Clifford, currently serving as hostess in the Joseph Smith Memorial
Building, is a former ward and stake Young Women president, stake Relief
Society president, and she served with her husband when he presided over a
mission. She attended Los Angeles City College and the University of
California at Los Angeles. She was born in Mesa, Ariz., to Doctor Byron and
Edna Layton Jones.
