Published: Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006
The First Presidency has announced the calling of seven new Visitors
Center and Historic Site directors. The new leaders and their wives will
begin service in January 2007.
Norman L. and Pauline T. Butterfield
Norman Lee Butterfield, 58, Park City
Family Tree Center; River 8th Ward, West Jordan Utah River Stake; stake
Young Men president; former stake president, bishop, elders quorum
president, Scoutmaster and missionary in the Cumorah Mission. Retired
assistant director of human resources, Ballard Medical Products. Born in
Murray, Utah, to Ross Willard and Marjorie Nell Williams Butterfield.
Married
Pauline Thelma Hintze, four
children.
A gospel doctrine teacher and patriarch scribe, Sister Butterfield is a
former stake Young Women president, ward Primary president, ward Relief
Society president, and counselor in ward Relief Society and Young Women
presidencies. Born in Murray, Utah, to Henry Sears and Thelma Elizabeth
Korous Hintze.
Patricia A. and William H. Child
William Harold Child, 74, Washington
DC Temple Visitors Center; Cottonwood 14th Ward, Salt Lake Big Cottonwood
Stake; high councilor; former counselor in a bishopric, counselor in branch
presidencies, ward Sunday School president and gospel doctrine teacher.
Retired chief executive officer of R.C. Willey Home Furnishings. Born in
Ogden, Utah, to Mark Fay and Elda Viola Child. Married
Patricia Ann Wright, eight children.
A counselor in the ward Relief Society presidency, Sister Child is a
former ward Relief Society president and teacher, counselor in a ward
Primary presidency, Primary pianist and ward choir director. Born in Salt
Lake City, Utah, to Earl Leonard and Anna Laura Neilson Wright.
Paul L. and Ellen R. Garvin
Paul Lawrence Garvin, 66, Mexico City
Temple Visitors Center; Mount Vernon Ward, Cedar Rapids Iowa Stake;
patriarch; former stake president, bishop, branch president, stake mission
president and missionary in the Mexico Mission. Retired professor of
geology, Cornell. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, to Joseph Woodard and Shirley
Later Garvin. Married
Ellen Rigby, two
children.
A stake Primary president, Sister Garvin is a former counselor in a
stake Relief Society presidency, ward Relief Society, Primary and Young
Women president and seminary teacher. Born in Logan, Utah, to Val Edward
and Lillian Low Rigby.
Diane G. and Richard W. Jacobs
Richard West Jacobs, 66, Laie Hawaii
Temple Visitors Center; Foothill 1st Ward, Logan Utah East Stake; stake and
ward Family History director; former bishop and counselor, regional
executive secretary, stake mission president, high councilor and missionary
in the Canadian Mission. Director of budget analysis, Utah State
University. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, to Lyman Hinman and Ethel
West Jacobs. Married
Diane Gibson, eight
children.
A Primary teacher, Sister Jacobs is a former counselor in a stake Relief
Society presidency, president and counselor in ward Relief Society
presidencies, and counselor in a ward Primary presidency. Born in Boulder
City, Nev., to Robert Owen and Thais Miner Gibson.
E. Kent and Dixie R. Jones
Earl Kent Jones, 71, Cove Fort
Historic Site; Pleasant View 6th Ward, Pleasant View Utah Stake; gospel
doctrine teacher; former bishop and counselor, high councilor, high priest
group leader and instructor and missionary in the New England Mission.
President of Blackburn Jones Co. Born in Provo, Utah, to Earl Edward and
Alene Holdaway Jones. Married
Dixie Rae
Burnett, three children.
A visiting teaching coordinator, Sister Jones is a former ward Relief
Society and Young Women president, counselor in a stake Relief Society
presidency, counselor and teacher in a ward Primary and teacher improvement
coordinator. Born in Malad, Idaho, to James Marius and Norma Eliason
Burnett.
Betty L. and D. Michael Stewart
David Michael Stewart, 67, Utah Salt
Lake City Temple Square Mission; Emigration 6th Ward, Salt Lake Emigration
Stake; high priests group leader and temple ordinance worker; former
president of the
Germany Frankfurt Mission, counselor in a stake
presidency, high councilor, bishop and missionary in the Swiss-Austrian
Mission. Professor/consultant, State Leagues of Cities. Born in Salt Lake
City, Utah, to Harold Fitzgerald and Abbie Lorraine Sermon Stewart. Married
Betty Louise Sine, seven children.
A temple ordinance worker, Sister Stewart served with her husband in the
Germany Frankfurt Mission and is a former member of the ward missionary
committee, counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, counselor in a
ward Primary presidency and teacher in Relief Society, Primary, Sunday
School and Young Women. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ira Franklin
(Jerry) and Dorothea Anna Popp Sine.
Gerald W. and Ina L. Tedrow
Gerald Winters Tedrow, 65, Liberty
Jail Historic Site; Highland 8th Ward, Highland Utah Stake; high priest
group leader; former counselor in stake and ward Sunday School
presidencies, ward mission leader, bishop, high councilor and missionary in
the British Mission. Retired executive director of Western Petroleum
Marketers Association. Born in Pueblo, Colo., to Ralph S. and Bernice
Louise Winters Tedrow. Married
Ina Lee
Baadsgaard, five children.
A visiting teaching supervisor, Sister Tedrow is a former counselor in a
stake Young Women presidency, stake Relief Society secretary, counselor in
ward Primary and Relief Society presidencies, and Primary teacher. Born in
Spanish Fork, Utah, to Alfred Beck and Lola Clayson Baadsgaard.