Four new temple presidents have been called by the First Presidency, with their wives called as matrons.
Lowell Edward Brown, 71, Chappel Valley 1st Ward, Lehi Utah South Stake, called as president of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, succeeding President Lawrence S. Clarke. President Brown's wife, Carol Ewer Brown, will serve as temple matron. President Brown, serving as a high priests group leader and sealer, previously served in the Second Quorum of the Seventy, as president of the Korean Mission, counselor in the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple presidency, stake president, bishop, high councilor and ward Young Men president. A retired area and institute director in the Church Educational System, he was born in Preston, Idaho, to Lowell and Helen Lucille Peterson Brown.
Sister Brown serves as a ward Relief Society instructor and ward organist. She served with her husband as he presided over the Korean Mission, and as an assistant to the matron at the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, as well as a ward Young Women president and counselor, and in a stake and ward Relief Society presidency. She was born in Logan, Utah, to William and Dorothy Olsen Ewer.
Dale Roy Hettinger, 68, Crestwood 2nd Ward, Louisville Kentucky Stake, called as president of the Louisville Kentucky Temple, succeeding President Robert F. Lowe. President Hettinger's wife, Norma Lee Nunn Hettinger, will serve as temple matron. President Hettinger serves as an assistant recorder in the Louisville Kentucky Temple and as a Family History missionary. He previously served as a counselor in the Kentucky Louisville Mission presidency, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, bishop's counselor and in a stake Young Men presidency. A civil engineer and retired director for Louisville Jefferson County Metro Public Works and Assets, he was born in Louisville, Ky., to Roy William George and Celeste Herold Hettinger.
Sister Hettinger serves with her husband as a Family History missionary. She previously served as stake and ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president, counselor in stake and ward Primary presidencies, and director of a stake Family History Center. She was born in Glasgow, Ky., to Wesley Lee and Dorothy Mae Thompson Nunn.
David K Udall, 72, Mesa 25th Ward, Mesa Arizona Maricopa North Stake, called as president of the Asuncion Paraguay Temple, succeeding President Richard R. George. President Udall's wife, Wilda Louise Merrill Udall, will serve as temple matron. President Udall serves as a public affairs director in the greater Phoenix area. He previously served as president of the Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission, stake president, stake president's counselor and bishop. A retired attorney, he was born in Thatcher, Ariz., to Jesse Addison and Lela Lee Udall.
Sister Udall serves as ward choir director and Relief Society teacher. She served with her husband as he presided over the Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission, and has also served in a stake and ward Young Women presidency, as a family record extraction specialist and as a Cub Scout leader. She was born in Thatcher, Ariz., to Walter William and Wilda Arrilla Farley Merrill.
Jacob John Van Ry, 76, East Mill Creek 12th Ward, Salt Lake East Millcreek North Stake, called as president of The Hague Netherlands Temple, succeeding President Marcus Reijnders. President Van Ry's wife, Cherie Weight Van Ry, will serve as temple matron. President Van Ry, recently released as a bishop in the Netherlands, has previously served as president of the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission, stake president, stake mission president, high councilor, bishop's counselor and gospel doctrine teacher. A retired executive vice president of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. in Europe, he was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Cornelius and Hendrica Swart Van Ry.
Sister Van Ry served with her husband as he presided over the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission, and as ward Young Women president, ward Primary president and counselor, ward music chairman, and as a counselor in a stake and ward Relief Society presidency. She was born in Hurricane, Utah, to Ormon Ralph and Fern Amelia Weight.
