Elder Cree-L Kofford of the Seventy created the Austin Texas Oak Hills Stake, which includes the Austin 1st, Austin 3rd, Austin University, Barton Creek and San Marcos wards, and the Bastrop and Shiner branches.
Elder James M. Paramore of the Presidency of the Seventy created the Katy Texas stake, which includes the Bear Creek, Copperfield, Katy, Nottingham Country, Westlake and Wheatstone wards, and the Columbus, Eagle Lake, Sealy, and Waller branches.Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Missouri, Texas, and Utah, and in the Philippines and Tonga.
New
stake
AUSTIN TEXAS OAK HILLS STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) Created from the Austin Texas Stake. President - Gary Scott Robinson, 55, Internal Revenue Service division chief, former stake president and counselor, high councilor, and bishop, married Connie Carrigan. Counselors - Wayne Alan Sturdevant, 45, manager of quality and business development for computer consultant company, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, branch president's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Helen Florence Radbury; Benjamin Franklin McCullough, Jr., 57, professor of civil engineering at University of Texas, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Norma Jean Walsh.
KATY TEXAS STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) Created from the Houston Texas and Houston Texas North stakes. President - Collins Wise Steward, 48, insurance salesman, former stake president and counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, and ward Young Men president, married Barbara K. Howell. Counselors - Harold Arthur Black, 39, dentist, former high councilor, branch president and counselor, Young Men president, and high priests group leader, married Jolynne Davis; Cosme Jesus Salazar, 35, president of tube company, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward executive secretary, and ward mission leader, married Judy Roberts.
Stake
reorganizations
AUSTIN TEXAS STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) President - Ronald Asa Nielsen, 50, field specialist for book company, succeeding Gary S. Robinson; former stake president's counselor, bishop, ward clerk, gospel doctrine teacher, and nursery leader, married Ilse Vind Pedersen. Counselors - Bobby Eugene Williams, 59, central permit operation assistant director for Texas Department of Transportation, former high councilor, stake missionary, stake genealogy library director, bishop, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, and Aaronic Priesthood adviser, married LaNere Cleveland; Stuart Roy Driggs, 43, account manager, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Lori Sue Stapley.
CERRITOS CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) President - George Lydell Jensen, 56, director of Upper Stages Missions for the Areospace Corporation, succeeding Lawrence J. McEldowney, Jr.; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, married Jean McGregor. Counselors - John Charles Smith, 48, vice president and general counsel for Hughes Aircraft employees credit union, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Earleen Hamilton; Ruel Erman Wagner, 59, finance manager, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, married Juanita Pearl Usher.
COLUMBIA MISSOURI STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - John Christian Jorgensen, 54, president of automobile parts supply company, succeeding Dale Alan Whitman; former stake president's counselor and branch president, married Jacqueline Fae Plewe. Counselors - John C. Reid, retained; John Lessing Fowles, retained.
DAVAO PHILIPPINES STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Dionisio Wagas Cane, 36, sales representative, succeeding Pedrito T. Miole; former stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor,
married Elizabeth Villegas Majadas. Counselors - Marcos Cabasa Fumar, 52, insurance underwriter, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake executive secretary, district president, branch president's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Estelita De La Cruz Amago; Levi Jonell Pizarro Alvaro, 25, college instructor, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, and bishop's counselor, married Portia Majorie Temporal Junsay.
HONOLULU HAWAII STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Arthur Paul McKinlay, 40, advertising and public relations director for Kaiser Health Plan, succeeding John A. Hoag; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Kathy Jo Hallstrom. Counselors - Aldous Kawailani Paalani, 45, insurance company trainer, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and seminary teacher, married Delphia Elaine Paz; Abraham Won Hwan Lee, 43, president of real estate development company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Sally K. Okura.
HOUSTON TEXAS STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) President - Del Roy Jones, 49, president of insurance services firm, succeeding Collins Wise Steward; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, and bishop, married Diane Fern De Vore. Counselors - John Earl Tschirhart, 40, lawyer, former high councilor, stake activities committee, bishop, and ward Young Men president, married Jane S. Radford; Daniel Pereyra, 38, store manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and elders quorum president, married Diana Yadira Aguirre.
IDAHO FALLS IDAHO AMMON WEST STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) President - Kenneth Gene Taylor, 42, certified public accountant, succeeding Newell K. Richardson; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Scoutmaster, married
Karma Kay Hart. Counselors - Vernon Blair Beck, 52, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president, bishop, high priests group leader, ward Young Men president, and Primary teacher, married Carole Crandall; David Randall Hurley, 41, junior high school principal, former bishop and counselor, ward clerk, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Cristine Ann Headman.
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA SANTA MONICA STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Robert Eugene Hedrick, 56, architect, succeeding Herb Terry Patten; former stake missionary, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, Aaronic Priesthood adviser, and seminary teacher, married Shirley Ann Anthony. Counselors - Richard Leslie Norton, 53, director of planning for cosmetics company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Joyce LaRae McClellan; Richard DeWayne McBride, 51, associate professor at the University of Southern California, former stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop, ward executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Georgia Lee West.
NUKU`ALOFA TONGA NORTH STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Mosese Vuki Tangitau, 52, associate area director of LDS Church Schools, succeeding Sione Moala Fineanganofo; former mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop, and Sunday School teacher, married Bonita Heleta. Counselors - Viliami Unga Afuha'amango Taumoepeau, 40, manager of Tongan National (Cultural) Center, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop's counselor, and high priests group leader, married Mele Ongoalupe; Timani Tonga, 37, chief accountant for LDS administration, former national public affairs director, stake seventies senior president, stake clerk and bishop, married Flaisaane Fiesta Pevilioni.
SALT LAKE BONNEVILLE STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Theodore Marshall Jacobsen, 51, president of construction company, succeeding B. Lloyd Poelman; former mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Charlotte Garff. Counselors - Robert Frank Orton, 55, attorney, former stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, ward Young Men president, deacons quorum adviser, and Scoutmaster, married Joy Evaline Dahlberg; Oscar Walter McConkie III, 39, attorney, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president, and ward Young Men president, married Carol Louise Foley.
SALT LAKE HOLLADAY STAKE: (Dec. 1, 1991) President - Alonzo Arza Hinckley, 54, general manager and president of Publishers Press, succeeding Horace Bryan Richards; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president and counselor, bishop and counselor, and Sunday School teacher, married Stephanie Leone Smith. Counselors - Kumen Eric Gardner, 50, bank president, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Marian V. Andrews; C. David Hansen, 47, physician, former bishop and counselor and Young Men president, married Suzanne Barton.
TEMPE ARIZONA WEST STAKE: (Nov. 24, 1991) President - Neil H. Christensen, 50, director of corporate taxes and vice president of bank, succeeding Kent M. Christiansen; former high councilor, stake missionary, stake seventies senior president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Aaronic Priesthood adviser, married Linda G. Zentner. Counselors - Henry Val Peterson, 53, director of facilities management at Arizona State University, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and teachers quorum adviser, married Marceil Kelley; Craig Rollin Tanner, 37, sales manager, former bishop, elders quorum president and counselor, and Young Men president, married Diana Peterson.
