Seven new mission presidents and their wives have been called by the First Presidency to begin service about July 1.
Evrett Wade Benton, 59, Argentina Buenos Aires West Mission; Weston 2nd Ward, Boston Massachusetts Stake; high councilor; former stake and ward Young Men president, temple ordinance worker, high priest group leader assistant and stake Young Men president. President and chief executive officer, Five Star Quality Care, Inc. Born in Vernal, Utah, to Evrett Lee and Adelaide Cortes Benton. Married Cheryl Chapman, four children.
A stake Relief Society president, Sister Benton is a former seminary teacher, ward Relief Society and Young Women president, stake missionary and temple ordinance worker. Born in Seattle, Wash., to Eugene Henry and Marilyn Openshaw Chapman.
Robert Gideon Condie, 54, Germany Munich/Austria Mission; Juanita Ward, Kirkland Washington Stake; ward organist; former stake president, bishop, temple ordinance worker, ward mission leader and missionary in the Germany Munich Mission. Attorney. Born in Preston, Idaho, to Spencer Clausen and Josie Peterson Condie. Married Linda Susan Hall, five children.
Sister Condie is a former stake seminary supervisor, seminary teacher, temple ordinance worker, stake Young Women camp director, ward Young Women counselor and adviser and ward Relief Society president. Born in Maywood, Calif., to Jack Gilbert and Barbara Jean Smith Hall.
Steven George Glende, 62, Kentucky Louisville Mission; Cottonwood 4th Ward, Salt Lake Big Cottonwood Stake; ward clerk, volunteer at the Utah State Prison; former bishop, stake executive secretary, ward Young Men president, high councilor and missionary in the Central German Mission. Executive director, Materials & Production, USANA Health Sciences. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to George Mayson and Donna Rasmussen Glende. Married Stephanie Hilton, five children.
A volunteer at the Utah State Prison and ward newsletter editor, Sister Glende is a former ward Relief Society president and counselor, counselor in a ward Young Women presidency, ward Primary president and ward family history consultant. Born in Independence, Mo., to Barney Holbrook and Vera Lee Beckett Hilton.
Spencer Bennion Jones, 64, Nigeria Lagos East Mission; Monument Park 13th Ward, Salt Lake Monument Park Stake; area medical adviser in the Asia Area; former counselor in stake and ward Young Men presidencies, high councilor, bishopric, ward Young Men president and missionary in the Australia South Mission. Retired from Bryner Clinic and as medical director of Radiant Research. Born in Cedar City, Utah, to William Lunt and Claire Bennion Jones. Married Ramona Jane Ridd, six children.
Serving with her husband in the Asia Area, Sister Jones is a former stake and ward Young Women president, counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency, ward Primary president and gospel doctrine teacher. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Leon and Lucille Golder Ridd.
Stephen Lowell McConkie, 56, South Carolina Columbia Mission; Cottonwood Heights 1st Ward, Salt Lake Cottonwood Heights Stake; counselor in the bishopric; former counselor in a stake presidency, bishop, high councilor, Aaronic priesthood adviser, seminary teacher and missionary in the Australia West Mission. Owner, Green Gate Management. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Bruce Redd and Amelia Smith McConkie. Married Shauna Fern Stout, seven children.
A gospel doctrine teacher, Sister McConkie is a former counselor in stake and ward Relief Society presidencies and seminary teacher. Born in San Pedro, Calif., to Owen Wayne and Colleen Fern Engh Stout.
Rudy Burt Puzey, 56, Philippines Angeles Mission; Sugar City 6th Ward, Sugar City Idaho Stake; bishop; former counselor in a stake presidency, stake missionary, and high priest group leader. Faculty/college dean, Brigham Young University-Idaho. Born in Murray, Utah, to Simon Nad and Daralene Burt Puzey. Married Lee Ann Simmons, four children.
A ward Sunday School teacher, Sister Puzey is a former counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, ward Relief Society president and adviser and stake missionary. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Robert Dean and Lorlee Vowles Simmons.
Melvin Burns Sabey, 56, Ghana Cape Coast Mission; Littleton 1st Ward, Littleton Colorado Stake; former stake president, bishop, high councilor, ward Young Men adviser and missionary in the England North Mission. Attorney, Kutak Rock LLP. Born in Logan, Utah, to Burns Roy and Elaine Bingham Sabey. Married Sondra Louise Vance, six children.
A counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency, Sister Sabey is a former counselor in stake Relief Society and Primary presidencies, ward Primary and Young Women president, ward Relief Society teacher and institute teacher. Born in Monterey Park, Calif., to Donald Lee and Donna Louise Sorensen Vance.
