Three new temple presidents and matrons have been announced by the First
Presidency.
LaDawn and Larry Brewer
Larry Bernard Brewer, 69, of the Olive
Ward, Mesa Arizona Stake, called as president of the Snowflake Arizona
Temple, succeeding President Leon T. Ballard. President Brewer's wife,
LaDawn Ellsworth Brewer, will serve as temple
matron. President Brewer is a temple sealer, ordinance worker and high
councilor, former temple president's counselor, mission president and stake
president. He is a retired school administrator. He was born in Pinedale,
Ariz., to Joseph Lee and Irene Bryant Brewer.
Sister Brewer is a stake Relief Society president's counselor, temple
ordinance worker and a former Nauvoo temple missionary and an assistant to
the matron in the Mesa Arizona Temple. She was born in Taylor, Ariz., to
Elwin and Dicie May Brimhall Ellsworth.
Audrey and Earl Veloria
Earl Esteban Veloria, 66, of the
Kohala Ward, Kona Hawaii Stake, called as president of the Kona Hawaii
Temple, succeeding President Donald R. McArthur. President Veloria's wife,
Audrey Leilani Davenport Veloria, will serve
as temple matron. President Veloria, a temple sealer, and a Cub Master, is
a former stake president's counselor, high councilor, a bishop and a
Scoutmaster. He is a retired middle school teacher and a high school
athletic director. He was born in Ola'a, Hawaii, to Esteban and Luka Hale
Veloria.
Sister Veloria is a Relief Society teacher, and a former stake Primary
president, a stake Primary and Relief Society president's counselor, ward
Relief Society and Primary president, and a seminary teacher. She was born
in Honolulu, Hawaii, to David K. and Audrey L. Smith Davenport.
Harold and Maureen Walker
Harold Frederic Walker, 67, of the
Heart Lake Ward, Brampton Ontario Stake, called as president of the Toronto
Ontario Temple, succeeding President C. Malcolm Warner. President Walker's
wife,
Maureen Grace Bell Walker, will serve
as temple matron. President Walker, first counselor in the Toronto Ontario
Temple presidency, is a former temple worker in the Toronto temple, stake
president, stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, bishop's
counselor, seminary teacher and a Sunday School teacher. He is a retired
senior manager at the Audit and Financial Controls of General Motors of
Canada. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, to Harold Frederic and Bessie Jean
Risk Walker.
Sister Walker is assistant to the matron of the Toronto Ontario Temple,
and a former worker in the Toronto and Washington temples, a stake Relief
Society education counselor, and a ward Relief Society, Young Women and
Primary president, and a seminary teacher. She was born in London, England,
to William Walter and Grace Martha Willmott Bell.
