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Elder W. Douglas Shumway biography

Published: Saturday, May 24, 2003

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Family: Born May 8, 1940, to Wilford and Mabel Shumway, in St. Johns, Ariz.; married Dixie Ann Jarvis in 1963 in the Mesa Arizona Temple; eight children, 20 grandchildren.

Church Service: former president of the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission (1998-2001); counselor in stake presidency; bishop; stake mission president; full-time missionary in Uruguay Mission.

Education: Bachelor's degree in business management from Brigham Young University.

Employment: Self-employed for almost four decades as owner of Whiting Brothers Investment Company.