New temple presidents
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Two new temple presidents have been called by the First Presidency, with their wives called as matrons. They will begin service soon.
Vaughn Andrew Johnson, 69, Durango 2nd Ward, Durango Colorado Stake, called as president of the Monticello Utah Temple, succeeding President Donald V. Jack. President Johnson's wife, Karen Rae Johnson, will serve as temple matron. President Johnson serves as a counselor in the Monticello Utah Temple presidency and as a patriarch, and previously served as a stake president and stake president's counselor, stake mission president, stake executive secretary, bishop and ward Young Men president. A retired physician and partner of Radiology Associates of Durango, and manager of a small cattle operation, he was born in Alamosa, Colo., to Renold Crowther and Clara Marie Rasmussen Johnson.
Sister Johnson serves as assistant to the matron of the Monticello Utah Temple, and previously served as ward Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary president and gospel doctrine teacher. She was born in Alamosa, Colo., to Stanley Kirby and Elsie Rae Mickelsen Carter.
Robert Jay Whetten, 66, Mesa Ward, El Paso Texas Mount Franklin Stake, called as president of the Colonia Juarez Chihuahua Mexico Temple, succeeding President John B. Robinson. President Whetten's wife, Raquel Lopez Whetten, will serve as temple matron. President Whetten serves as a sealer in the Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple and as a gospel doctrine teacher, and previously served in the Second Quorum of the Seventy, as well as president of the Paraguay Asuncion Mission, stake president's counselor, high councilor and bishop. A consultant for a large holding company, and retired president of Norwest Bank of El Paso, he was born in Chuichupa, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Glen A. and Ada May Judd Whetten.
Sister Whetten serves as a temple worker in the Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple, and previously served with her husband as he presided over the Paraguay Asuncion Mission, as well as a ward Relief Society president and counselor, ward Primary president and a counselor in a ward Young Women presidency. She was born in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, to Bernardo and Maria Rebeca Tiznado Lopez.
