Elder Robert K. Dellenbach of the Seventy has created the Antwerp Belgium Stake, the second stake in Belgium. The new stake includes the Antwerpen 1st and 2nd, Eindhoven, and Heerlen Svmn wards and the Breda, Brugge, Brussels, Genk, Ghent, Kortrijk, Leuven, Sint Truiden, St. Niklaas, Turnhout, and Vlissingen branches.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Chile, Guatemala and Italy, and in Arizona, California, New York, Ohio, and in Utah.New stake
ANTWERP BELGIUM STAKE: (Oct. 16, 1994) Created from the Antwerp Belgium district, and the Utrecht Netherlands, Apeldoorn Netherlands, and The Hague Netherlands stakes. President - Johan A. Buysse, 39, technical director, former district president and counselor, district councilor, branch president, elders quorum president, and Sunday School president, married Berlinde Simonne Achiel Vergauwen. Counselors - Hans Theodorus Boom, 31, secretary upper management/librarian, former stake president's counselor, stake Young Men president, and branch president and counselor, married Ariana Johanna Broekzitter; Robert Constant Maria Kempenaers, 41, manager for Chem-Dry Belgium, former district president and counselor, district councilor, branch president, and teacher, married Louise Last.
Stake reorganizations
AKRON OHIO STAKE: (Nov. 6, 1994) President - Thomas John Tedeschi, 42, audiologist, succeeding D. Lee Tobler; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, ward clerk, and elders quorum president, married Debra Rene Theriot. Counselors - George Edmund Dean, 45, elementary school principal, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, elders quorum president, Young Men president, branch president, and Scoutmaster, married Mary Beth Hecker; Gregory P. Gorrell, 49, insurance agent, former stake Young Men president, ward mission leader, and branch president and counselor, married Gayle J. Cotner.
COVINA CALIFORNIA (SPANISH) STAKE: (Nov. 6, 1994) President - Juan Francisco Badal, 60, laboratory technician for Wilsey Foods, Inc., succeeding Tad G. Hess; former high councilor, bishop, executive secretary, financial clerk, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and adult Aaronic Priesthood leader, married Elsa Raquel Guex. Counselors - Carlos Juan Garcia, 57, attorney, former assistant director of public affairs, high councilor, bishop's counselor, branch president, and Explorer adviser, married Nancy Ruth Berkemeyer; Juan Antonio Hermosillo, 63, assistant foreman for Owens-Illinois Glass Co., former stake mission president's counselor, stake missionary, bishop and counselor, and ward mission leader, married Mary Peralez.
HYDE PARK UTAH STAKE: (Oct. 23, 1994) President - F. Dean Madsen, Jr., 56, professor of music at Utah State University, succeeding Vincent Eugene Erickson; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Susan Grace Arrington. Counselors - Clell V. Bagley, 53, extension veterinarian at Utah State University, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, Scoutmaster, and Blazer leader, married Virginia Ruth Mertens; V. Philip Rasmussen Jr, 44, assistant director of Cooperative Extension at Utah State University, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, Scoutmaster, and assistant Scoutmaster, married Linda Kay Schamber.
MILAN ITALY STAKE: (Oct. 9, 1994) President - Sergio S. Belforti, 41, surgeon, succeeding Raimondo Castellani; former stake missionary, Sunday School president's counselor, and gospel doctrine teacher, married
Giusepina Scorsone. Counselors - Riccardo Maldarizzi, 38, police officer, former high councilor, district executive secretary, high priests group leader, Young Men president, Sunday School teacher, and branch president, married Anna Galizia; Salvatore Ranieri, 41, self-employed courier, former mission president's counselor, bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Sonia Rita Stella.
PUERTO MONTT CHILE STAKE: (Oct. 16, 1994) President - Gerardo Jose Wilhelm Kretschmar, 40, independent agricultural engineer, succeeding Julio Enrique Otay Gomez; former mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, high councilor, and elders quorum president, married Silvia Emilia Caamano Venegas. Counselors - Sandro Gabriel Mardones Henriquez, 25, judgment collections agent, former high councilor, financial clerk, and elders quorum president, married Joanna Valeria Uride Diaz; Fernando Perez del Valle, 29, treasurer for Marine Harvest of Chile, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president, and bishop's counselor, married Jenny Jacqueline Anderson.
QUETZALTENANGO GUATEMALA STAKE: (Nov. 6, 1994) President - Israel Escobar Lopez, 39, independent accountant and business owner, succeeding Melvin Francisco Pereira Lopez; former mission president's counselor, regional representative's secretary, stake president's counselor, district president, and bishop, married Marta Isabel Sanchez Sajquim. Counselors - Mario Barrios Cifuentes, 34, school director, former high councilor, Young Men president, and branch president, married Flox de Maria Garcia Gixon; Rudy Haroldo Boj Ixcot, 32, engineering and electrical equipment business owner, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, stake auxiliary secretary, and bishop, married Lesbia Teresa Divas Batres.
ROCHESTER NEW YORK STAKE: (Nov. 6, 1994) President - Neil E. Pitts, 43, director of information systems, Motion Picture Division for Eastman Kodak Company, succeeding Norman W. Burningham; former regional public affairs director, bi-stake public affairs director, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Beverly Ann Warrick. Counselors - M. Thomas Graham, 43, director of clinical services for Genesee Hospital, former bishop's counselor, and elders quorum president, married Mary Anne Moscarello; Dwight Perry Schwendiman, 40, systems analyst for Eastman Kodak Company, former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor, Young Men president, and Aaronic Priesthood director, married Joan Marlene Samuelson.
SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA CAMELBACK STAKE (NAME CHANGED FROM PHOENIX ARIZONA CAMBELBACK STAKE): (Oct. 23, 1994) President - Joseph Page Nichols, retained. Counselors - McAldon Thompson, retained; Bruce Rollins Francis, 37, senior vice president of Kennelly Mortgage & Investment, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, and elders quorum president, married Tamara Ellsworth.
