Published: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004
The following have been called as temple presidents and matrons. Their
photos and biographies will be published next week:
Carl W. and Carolyn S. Bacon, Provo Utah
Temple; succeeding President Jay M. Smith.
Grant E. and Edith R. Marsh, Denver Colorado
Temple, succeeding President Lee S. Carlson.
Thomas A. and Bonnie Faye A. Holt, St. Paul
Minnesota Temple, succeeding President Kayland Evan Call.
Billy Joe and Marianne Sue Keener Eaves,
Nashville Tennessee Temple, succeeding President Buryl Gene
McClurg.
Thomas Scott and Marian Olsen Hendricks, Lubbock
Texas Temple, succeeding President Jay B. Jensen.
Harold Harrison and Mona Ellett Hiskey,
St. George Utah Temple, succeeding President
L. David Muir.
Ashton Harvey and Naomi June Hollie
Taylor, Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple,
succeeding President Gerald Merrell Pratt.
Other new temple presidents and matrons are:
Grady and Genevieve Barnes
Grady Lynn Barnes, 71, Wake Forest
Ward, Raleigh North Carolina Stake; called as president of the
Raleigh North Carolina Temple; succeeding President
Richard D. Lee. President Barnes' wife,
Genevieve
Bryant Barnes, will serve as temple matron. A counselor in the
Raleigh North Carolina Temple presidency, President Barnes is a former
temple ordinance worker, bishop and stake and ward family history
consultant. He is a retired assistant chief, North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission. He was born in Alexander, N.C., to Elisha Floyd and
Lucy Blondell Mullis Barnes.
Sister Barnes, who serves as assistant to the matron, is a temple
ordinance worker and ward family history consultant. She was born in
Austinville, Va., to Johnathan Byrd and Susie Jestin Mabe Bryant.
Carl and Jean Call
Carl Lavon Call, 64, Dublan Ward,
Colonia Dublan Mexico Stake; called as president of the
Merida Mexico Temple; succeeding President Fernando
Rogelio Gomez. President Call's wife,
Jean Russell
Silver Call, will serve as temple matron. President Call is a former
mission president, stake president, high councilor, stake mission president
and bishop. He is a farmer. He was born in Colonia Dublan, Mexico, to
Charles Helaman and Hannah Skousen Call.
Sister Call is a former stake extraction director, ward Relief Society
president, ward Primary secretary, Relief Society teacher and Cub Scout
leader. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Hiram Clawson and Virginia
Russell Silver.
Byron and Zelma Christensen
Byron Ronald Christensen, 69,
Vancouver 3rd Ward, Vancouver Washington West Stake; called as president of
the
Halifax Nova Scotia Temple; succeeding
President E.A. John MacLennan. President Christensen's wife,
Zelma Faure Anderson Christensen, will serve as
temple matron. A counselor in the
Portland Oregon Temple presidency and a
temple sealer, President Christensen is a former temple ordinance worker,
mission president in Halifax, and stake president. He is a retired
businessman. His parents are Edward Marion and Marie Miller Christensen.
Sister Christensen, who serves as assistant to the matron, served with
her husband when he was a mission president. She is a former counselor in a
stake Relief Society presidency and a ward Primary presidency and a
volunteer with LDS Family Services. Her parents are Lars Kent and Beatrice
Faure Acord Anderson.
Nick and Susan Collins
Nicholas Peery Collins, 71, West Linn
Ward, Lake Oswego Oregon Stake; called as president of the
Portland Oregon Temple; succeeding President George
Dale Weight. President Collins' wife,
Susan Leilani
Ralston Collins, will serve as temple matron. A sealer in the
Portland Oregon Temple, President Collins is a former mission president,
counselor in a stake presidency, bishop and elders quorum president. He is
a retired vice chairman of Esco Steel Corp. He was born in Palo Alto,
Calif., to Calvin Gaines and Virginia Peery Collins.
Sister Collins, a Relief Society compassionate service leader, served
with her husband when he was a mission president. She is a former ward
Relief Society president, Young Single Adult activation missionary and ward
activities committee member. She was born in Waimea, Hawaii, to William
Leslie and Selma Violet Kruse Ralston.
Alice and Oris Corbridge
Oris Lorenzo Corbridge, 73, Sparks 7th
Ward, Sparks Nevada Stake; called as president of the
Reno Nevada Temple; succeeding President W. Darrell
Foote. President Corbridge's wife,
Alice Ashby
Corbridge, will serve as temple matron. A sealer in the Reno Nevada
Temple and high priests group leader, President Corbridge is a former
counselor in a stake presidency, stake mission president and member of the
Reno Nevada Temple open house and dedication committee. He is a retired
chief building inspector for Washoe County. He was born in Preston, Idaho,
to James Heber and Cecilia Johnson Corbridge.
Sister Corbridge, a temple ordinance worker, is a former ward Primary
president and counselor, teacher and secretary in a ward Relief Society.
She was born in Sparks, Nev., to Clinton L. and Annie Draper Ashby.
Vicki and John Grinceri
John Anthony Grinceri, 58, Duncraig
Ward, Perth Australia Warwick Stake; called as president of the
Perth Australia Temple; succeeding President Donald
Wilfred Cummings. President Grinceri's wife,
Vicki
Dorothea Thornber Grinceri, will serve as temple matron. President
Grinceri is a former Area Authority Seventy, mission president, counselor
in a stake presidency, multi-stake public affairs director and bishop. He
is semi-retired as managing director of Seymour Holding. He was born in
Perth, Australia, to Antonio and Rosa Casella Grinceri.
Sister Grinceri is a former stake Relief Society president, ward Relief
Society, Young Women and Primary president and seminary teacher. She was
born in Perth, Australia, to Philip and Valerie Williams Thornber.
Rina and Louis Groenewald
Louis Groenewald, 63, Centurion Ward,
Pretoria South Africa Stake; called as president of the
Johannesburg South Africa Temple; succeeding
President Alan Frank Hogben. President Groenewald's wife,
Regina Johanna Engelbrecht Groenewald, will serve
as temple matron. President Groenewald was just released as stake
president, and is a former stake mission president, stake clerk, high
councilor and bishop. He is a semi-retired leadership consultant. He was
born in Derby, South Africa, to George De Beer and Anna Louise Groenewald.
Sister Groenewald is a former counselor in a stake Relief Society
presidency, ward Young Women president and Relief Society teacher. She was
born in Randfontein, South Africa, to Andries Johannes and Ella Maria
Engelbrecht.
Robert and Rene Harbertson
Robert B Harbertson, 72, Canyon View
Ward, Farmington Utah North Stake; called as president of the
Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple; succeeding
President E. Louis Butler. President Harbertson's wife,
Rene Noyce Rhead Harbertson, will serve as temple
matron. President Harbertson, is a former member of the First and Second
Quorums of the Seventy, Area Authority Seventy, regional representative,
mission president and bishop. He is a retired company owner. He was born in
Ogden, Utah, to Brigham Y. and Gladys Lewis Harbertson.
Sister Harbertson, who served with her husband, Ronald R. Burke
(deceased), when he was a mission president in Florida, has served in stake
and ward Relief Society and Young Women presidencies. She was born in
Ogden, Utah, to Lewis Clifton and Maurine Hinckley Rhead.
Blaine and Jeanette Johnson
Blaine and Jeanette Johnson, Orlando Florida
Temple, incorrect photo published Sept. 4, 2004.
Maria and Julio Jaramillo
Julio Humberto Jaramillo Bichet, 71,
Compania Ward, Santiago Chile Huelen Stake; called as president of the
Santiago Chile Temple; succeeding President
Donnell W. Hunter. President Jaramillo's wife,
Maria
de las Mercedes Meza C. de Jaramillo, will serve as temple matron.
President Jaramillo is a temple sealer and MTC president's counselor and a
former Area Authority Seventy, regional representative, stake president and
counselor. He is a retired electrical engineer. He was born in Santiago,
Chile, to Carlos Humberto Jaramillo Cadena and Julia Rosa Bichet de
Jaramillo.
Sister Jaramillo is a temple worker, and former ward Relief Society,
Young Women and Primary president and counselor. She was born in Santiago,
Chile, to Saturnino Meza Alfaro and Blanca Castillo de Meza.
Belva and Robert Patterson
Robert Steven Patterson, 67, Cherry
Hill 5th Ward, Cherry Hill Alberta Stake; called as president of the
Edmonton Alberta Temple; succeeding President
Donald D. Salmon. President Patterson's wife,
Belva
Emily Orr Patterson, will serve as temple matron. Currently serving
in Israel at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, President
Patterson is a patriarch and is a former counselor in stake presidencies,
high councilor and bishop. He is retired. He was born in Ft. Macleod,
Alberta, to Robert Dwight and Winnifred Mary Reach Patterson.
Sister Patterson is a former stake and ward Relief Society president and
counselor and counselor in a ward Primary presidency. She was born in
Orton, Alberta, to Sidney Ray and Annie LaRetta Miller Orr.
Jesus and Aldefa Santos
Jesus Santos Montes, 65, Campestre
Ward, Monterrey Mexico Roma Stake; called as president of the
Monterrey Mexico Temple; succeeding President Eran
A. Call. President Santos' wife,
Adelfa Alanis Morin
de Santos, will serve as temple matron. A temple ordinance worker
and temple president's counselor, President Santos is a former counselor in
a stake presidency and branch president. He is a retired printer. He was
born in Ciudad Anahbac, Mexico, to Jesus Santos Rodriguez and Maria de los
Angeles Montes de Santos.
Sister Santos is an assistant to the matron and temple ordinance worker.
She is a former ward Relief Society, Young Women and Primary president. She
was born in Ciudad Camargo, Mexico, to Rosendo Alanis Olivares and Paula
Morin Morin.
Carol and Richard Thorderson
John Richard Thorderson, 66, Tupelo
Ward, Tupelo Mississippi Stake; called as president of the
Memphis Tennessee Temple; succeeding President W.
Boyd Lee. President Thorderson's wife,
Carol King
Thorderson, will serve as temple matron. A bishop, President
Thorderson is a former temple ordinance worker, regional representative,
mission president, stake president and bishop. He is a retired higher
education administrator. He was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, to Parley
Eugene and Winona Seely Thorderson.
Currently serving as a temple ordinance worker and family history
consultant, Sister Thorderson is a former counselor in a stake Primary
presidency, ward Relief Society president and teacher. She was born in Salt
Lake City, Utah, to Wallace and Elizabeth Webb King.
Maria and Ricardo Torres
Ricardo Torres Villalobos, 66,
Ampliacion Ward, Madero Mexico Ampliacion Stake; called as president of the
Tampico Mexico Temple; succeeding President
Gabriel R. Saldivar Flores. President Torres' wife,
Maria del Carmen Leal de Torres, will serve as
temple matron. A patriarch, President Torres is a counselor in a temple
presidency, temple sealer, and former district president and bishop. He is
retired. He was born in Tampico, Mexico, to Cristobal Torres Gutierrez and
Alicia Villalobos Pena de Torres.
Sister Torres, assistant to the matron, is a former stake and ward
Relief Society and Primary president. She was born in Tampico, Mexico, to
Arturo Leal and Alejandra Canto Cervantes de Leal.
Denzel and Beverly Wiser
Denzel Nolan Wiser, 74, Issaquah 1st
Ward, Renton Washington North Stake; called as president of the
Seattle Washington Temple; succeeding President
Gordon Gene Conger. President Wiser's wife,
Beverly
Ann Morgan Wiser, will serve as temple matron. President Wiser is a
temple sealer, former counselor in a temple presidency and temple ordinance
worker, regional representative and stake president. He is a retired
aerospace engineer. He was born in Lewiston, Utah, to Erwin Douglas and
Wanda Thompson Wiser.
Sister Wiser is an ordinance worker, former assistant to the matron,
stake and ward Relief Society president and ward Young Women president. She
was born in Burley, Idaho, to Albert Irvin and Tella Manning
Morgan.