At general conference April 3,35 new Area Authority Seventies were
sustained, and another 13 released. There are now more than 260 Area
Authority Seventies serving in six Quorums of the Seventy.
Sustained were:
Jorge M. Alvarado, 33, Toa Alta,
Puerto Rico; manager, Franklin Covey Leadership; president of the Toa Baja
Puerto Rico Stake; former branch president. Married Cari Lu Rios; three
children.
Homero S. Amato, 55, Sao Paulo,
Brazil; executive vice president, CATHO Group; high priests group leader;
president of
Brazil Salvador Mission 1993-1996, stake presidency member,
stake mission president and bishop. Married Sandra Puerta; five children.
John S. Anderson, 54, Gainesville,
Fla., president, Quantera Energy Resources Inc.; recently released as
president of the Gainesville Florida Stake; former stake presidency member,
high councilor and bishop. Married Coral Ann Heatherly; five children.
Jorge D. Arrevillaga, 57, Tapachula,
Mexico; part-time university professor of English; high councilor in the
Tapachula Mexico Stake; former mission presidency member, regional
representative, stake president and bishop. Married Irma de Esquinca; three
children.
A. Venancio Caleira, 41, Setubal,
Portugal; orthopedic surgeon; recently released from the presidency of the
Portugal Lisbon Mission; former stake president and bishop. Married Ana
Paula Duarte dos Santos Borrego; four children.
Gabriel A. Campos, 56, Villa Alemana,
Chile; CES coordinator; serving in the presidency of the Villa Alemana
Chile Stake; former stake president, stake presidency member, bishop and
branch president. Married Teresa Lidice Lopez Soza; five children.
Mario L. Carlos, 43, Torreon, Mexico;
director of Torreon Institute of Religion; high councilor in the Gomez
Palacio Mexico Stake; president of the Mexico City Mexico City South
Mission 1997-2000, mission presidency member and stake presidency member.
Married Yadira Ruvalcaba Flores; five children.
John J. Chipman, 57, Carmel, Ind.;
medical adviser, Eli Lilly and Co.; president of the Indianapolis Indiana
North Stake; former stake presidency member, high councilor, bishop and
bishopric member. Married Karen Russon; four children.
LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., 51, Salt Lake
City, Utah; attorney, partner, Manning, Curtis, Bradshaw & Bednar; member
of the presidency of the Salt Lake University 6th Stake; president of the
Italy Padova Mission 1998-2001, stake president, high councilor and bishop.
Married Susan Jane Cowan; five children.
Cesar A. Davila, 53, Bogota, Colombia;
president of the
Colombia Barranquilla Mission since 2001; former temple
recorder, Area Authority Seventy 1997-2002, regional representative,
mission presidency member, stake presidency member and branch president.
Married Miryam de Hernandez; two children.
Mosiah S. Delgado, 47, Tlaxcala,
Mexico; elementary school teacher; recently released as president of the
Tlaxcala Mexico Stake; former mission presidency member, stake presidency
member and bishop. Married Ruth de Mendez; two children.
Keith R. Edwards, 62, Las Vegas, Nev.;
attorney, senior partner, Edwards, Hunt, Sturman & Atkin; assistant temple
recorder,
Las Vegas Nevada Temple; president of the
Zimbabwe Harare Mission
2000-2003, stake president, stake presidency member, bishop and bishopric
member. Married Judith Lee Higgins; seven children.
J. Roger Fluhman, 63, Bountiful, Utah;
secretary to the Quorum of the Twelve; gospel doctrine teacher, Bountiful
9th Ward; former president of the
Washington Spokane Mission, 1983-1986,
stake president, high councilor, bishop and branch president. Married
Suzanne Hayes; eight children.
Luiz C. Franca, 40, Belem, Brazil; CES
coordinator, president of the
Brazil Londrina Mission; former CES
coordinator, stake president, district president and branch president.
Married Marcia do Socorro de Galan; three children.
Manuel Gonzalez, 55, Mexico City,
Mexico; CES area director; serving in the presidency of the Mexico City
Mexico Arbolillo Stake; president of the Guatemala Quetzaltenago Mission
1993-1996, stake presidency member and bishop. Married Margarita Rodriguez;
three children.
Tohru Hotta, 65, Nagoya, Japan;
retired CES Coordinator; ward mission leader of the Gokiso Ward; president
of the
Japan Sapporo Mission 1979-1982, stake president, mission presidency
member and bishop. Married Sachiko Tagawa; four children.
Bin Kikuchi, 55, Sapporo, Japan;
self-employed; serving in the presidency of the
Japan Sapporo Mission;
president of the Japan Tokyo North Mission 1990-1993, stake president, high
councilor and branch president. Married Hiroko Kanesaki; six children.
Yong Hwan Lee, 60, Suwon, South Korea;
professor, Seoul National University; president of the Suwon Korea Stake
and sealer in the
Seoul Korea Temple; former stake presidency member, high
councilor, bishop and branch president. Married In Ja Han; two children.
Alfredo Heliton de Lemos, 62,
Curitiba, Brazil; administrative director, Associated Ophthalmologists of
Parana; bishop of the Jardim das Americas Ward; former regional
representative, president of the
Brazil Campinas Mission 1992-1995, stake
president, high councilor and bishop. Married Rosina de Alencar; five
children.
Domingos S. Linhares, 45, Jaboato,
Brazil; former engineer, area office and president of the Brazil Santa
Maria Mission since 2001; former stake president, stake presidency member,
high councilor and bishop. Married Francisca Marcia Pereira; three
children.
Alexander A. Nunez, 47, Lima, Peru;
area manager, Member and Statistical Records; area family history adviser;
president of the
Colombia Cali Mission, 1996-1999, regional representative,
stake president, district president, high councilor and bishop. Married
Elena Noemi Alba Romero; five children.
Melvin R. Perkins, 59, Juneau, Alaska,
president, Country Lane Inc.; president of the Juneau Alaska Stake; former
district president, district presidency member, district mission president
and branch president. Married Sharon Anne Varni; six children.
James C. Perry, 44, Cowiche, Wash.;
finance executive, Summit Leasing; former stake president, high councilor,
stake mission president and bishopric member. Married Sara Lisa Martenson;
seven children.
Errol S. Phippen, 62, Farmington,
Utah; financial services consultant, Beneficial Life Insurance Co.;
teacher, missionary preparation class in the Oakridge 1st Ward; president
of the Virginia Roanoke Mission 1983-1986, regional representative, stake
president, and bishop. Married Donna Marie Hawkes; eight children.
John C. Pingree, 64, Salt Lake City,
Utah; executive director, Semani Foundation; serving in the presidency of
the
Utah Salt Lake City Mission; president of the Mexico Mexico City East
Mission 1998-2001, stake president, high councilor and bishop. Married
Carmen Sweeten Boyden; five children.
Neil E. Pitts, 52, Webster, N. Y.;
information technology manager, Eastman Kodak; property coordinator for
Seneca Lake Recreation Property; former stake president, high councilor and
bishop. Married Beverly Ann Warrick; four children.
Dinar M. Reyes, 50, Vina del Mar,
Chile; electrical engineer, Chilquinta Energia S.A.; serving in the
presidency of the
Chile Vina del Mar Mission; former stake president, stake
presidency member, high councilor and branch president. Married Maria
Eliana Espinoza Scherping; two children.
Jorge A. Rojas, 63, Monterrey, Mexico
; CES area director; high councilor in the Monterrey Mexico Mitras Stake;
member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy 1991-1996, president of the
Mexico Guadalajara Mission 1981-1984, regional representative, stake
president and branch presidency member. Married Marcela Burgos Perez; five
children.
Eric B. Shumway, 64, Laie, Hawaii;
president, Brigham Young University-Hawaii; high councilor in the Laie
Hawaii Stake; president of the
Tonga Nuku'alofa Mission 1986-1989, stake
president, high councilor and bishop. Married Carolyn Merrill; seven
children.
Joseph W. Sitati, 51, Nairobi, Kenya;
executive, Reach the Children; serving in the presidency of the Kenya
Nairobi Mission; former stake president, district president, mission
presidency member and branch president. Married Gladys Nangoni Nassiuma;
five children.
Terrence C. Smith, 56, Raymond,
Alberta; medical director, Raymond Care Center; gospel doctrine teacher in
the Raymond 1st Ward; former stake president, high councilor and bishop.
Married Rita Irene Regehr; eight children.
Lowell M. Snow, 60, North Salt Lake,
Utah; part-time self-employed consultant; former Young Men president,
Foxhill Ward; president of the Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission
1997-1999; and
Mississippi Jackson Mission 1982- 1985, stake presidency
member and bishop. Married Tamara Ann Means; five children.
Michael J. Teh, 38, Angono,
Philippines; temple recorder,
Manila Philippines Temple; serving in the
presidency of the
Philippines Quezon City Mission and as gospel doctrine
teacher in the Masagana 2nd Ward; former stake presidency member and
bishop. Married Grace May Madjos Weedon; three children.
Stanley Wan, 48, Hong Kong, China;
area welfare manager; high priests group leader and Sunday School teacher
in the Sham Shui Po Ward; president of the
China Hong Kong Mission
1997-2000, stake presidency member, high councilor, bishop and branch
president. Married Kathleen Ka Ng; three children.
Allen P. Young, 63, Johannesburg,
South Africa; chairman, Arrowood Construction; president of the
Johannesburg South Africa Stake; former high councilor, bishop and branch
president. Married Maureen Susie Truter; four children.
Released were Adolfo Avalos, Lowell C. Barber, David J. Barnett, R.
Michael Duffin, Rowland E. Elvidge, Silvio Geschwandtner, Brent H. Koyle,
J. Michael Moeller, Adrian Ochoa and Lindon J. Robison.
