Four new temple presidents have been called by the First Presidency, with
their wives called as matrons. They will begin service soon.
Leslie and Dale Borgquist
Dale Thomas Borgquist, 68, Fountain
Valley 1st Ward, Huntington Beach California Stake, called as president of
the
Newport Beach California Temple, succeeding President Stephen B.
Oveson. President Borgquist's wife,
Leslie Rae Bleak
Borgquist, will serve as temple matron. President Borgquist,
currently serving as a stake patriarch, previously served as Louisiana
Baton Rouge Mission president, stake president, stake president's
counselor, bishop, bishop's counselor and temple sealer. Retired president
of Pacific Business Forms, Inc., he was born in Pasadena, Calif., to
Stanley Rasmus and Betty Marie O'Dell Borgquist.
Sister Borgquist, currently serving as a stake Young Women president,
served with her husband as he presided over the Louisiana Baton Rouge
Mission, and as a ward Young Women advisor, seminary teacher and gospel
doctrine teacher. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif., to Ralph Walker and
Jean L. Scullen Bleak.
Pamela and Brent Koyle
Brent Hansen Koyle, 63, Irmo Ward,
West Columbia South Carolina Stake, called as president of the Columbia
South Carolina Temple, succeeding President Alvie R. Evans. President
Koyle's wife,
Pamela Rae Bone Koyle, will
serve as temple matron. President Koyle, currently serving as a stake
patriarch, previously served as an Area Seventy, New Mexico Albuquerque
Mission president, stake president, regional representative and bishop.
Retired Deputy State Director of the South Carolina Department of
Disabilities, he was born in Spanish Fork, Utah, to Karl Jex and Lorna
Hansen Koyle.
Sister Koyle, currently serving as a stake Relief Society secretary,
served with her husband as he presided over the New Mexico Albuquerque
Mission, and as a ward Relief Society president, stake and ward Young Women
president, ward Primary president and temple ordinance worker. She was born
in Columbia, S.C., to Orson Grant and Geraldine Smith Bone.
Mary and Lewis Tenney
Lewis Noble Tenney, 65, Heber 1st
Ward, Taylor Arizona Stake, called as president of the Snowflake Arizona
Temple, succeeding President Larry B. Brewer. President Tenney's wife,
Mary Lovine Porter Tenney, will serve as
temple matron. President Tenney, currently serving as a counselor in the
Arizona Mesa Mission presidency, previously served as a stake president,
stake president's counselor, bishop and ward mission leader. A retired
business owner, he was born in Phoenix, Ariz., to Lewis Noble and Wanda
Peterson Tenney.
Sister Tenney, currently serving as a Relief Society teacher and ward
music chairman, previously served as a Relief Society president, ward Young
Women president and stake and ward Young Women counselor. She was born in
Mesa, Ariz., to Lorin Donald and Folvia Jarvis Porter.
Elizabeth and LaRon Palmer Woolley
LaRon Palmer Woolley, 69, Grande
Prairie 2nd Ward, Grande Prairie Alberta Stake, called as president of the
Suva Fiji Temple, succeeding President Richard W. Wells. President
Woolley's wife,
Elizabeth Hollister Sheppard
Woolley, will serve as temple matron. President Woolley, currently
serving as stake patriarch, previously served as president of the Fiji Suva
Mission, and as a district president, branch president, high councilor and
temple ordinance worker. A retired college professor, he was born in
Lethbridge, Alberta, to Joseph Anderson and Zelda Palmer Woolley.
Sister Woolley, currently serving as a gospel doctrine teacher, served
with her husband as he presided over the Fiji Suva Mission and as counselor
in a stake Relief Society presidency, district and branch Primary
president, and district and stake music chairman. She was born in Calgary,
Alberta, to John Hollister and Emma Fisher Sheppard.