Elder David B. Haight of the Council of the Twelve created the Casa Grande Arizona Stake, which includes the Casa Grande 1st, Casa Grande 2nd, Coolidge, Florence, and Maricopa wards, and the San Tan branch.
Elder L. Tom Perry of the Council of the Twelve created the Bay City Texas Stake, which includes the Angleton, Bay City, Lake Jackson, Victoria 1st, and Victoria 2nd wards, and the Port Lavaca, Sweeny, and Wharton branches.Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Alabama, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Tahiti.
New
stakes
BAY CITY TEXAS STAKE: (Oct. 13, 1991) Created from the Corpus Christi Texas, Friendswood Texas, and Houston Texas South stakes. President - Joseph Nathanial Cannon Jr., 62, physician, former high councilor, bishop, ward mission leader, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Norma Rose Barnett. Counselors - John Russell Lovell, 39, radiation protection manager, former high councilor, stake Sunday School president's counselor, stake missionary, bishop and counselor, married Janet Kay Cardon; Daniel Wendell Martin, 42, hospital administrator, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, branch president's counselor, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Alice Marie Stafford.
CASA GRANDE ARIZONA STAKE: (Oct. 13, 1991) Created from the Chandler Arizona and Gilbert Arizona Greenfield stakes. President - Scott J McEuen, 52, high school administrator, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, and ward Young Men president, married Victoria Trejo. Counselors - Ralph Morris Brooks, 51, high school administrator, former stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, high priest group leader, and deacons quorum adviser, married Reva Lynette Hansen; Jon Charles Trejo, 41, president of oil company, former high councilor, bishop, Young Men president, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Roxanne Rawsthorne.
Stake
reorganizations
BOISE IDAHO NORTH STAKE: (Oct. 13, 1991) President - William Lyman Belnap, 43, law partner, succeeding Loys Marvin Peterson; former executive secretary to area presidency, high councilor, bishop and counselor, married Nancy Joyce Rodgers. Counselors - Robert Paul Kelson, 46, orthodontist, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Diane Cook; Allen Riley Cutler IV, 45, dentist, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Carol Cluff.
COLVILLE WASHINGTON STAKE: (Oct. 20, 1991) President - Glenn Ralph Whittle, 51, owner/manager of retail foods company, succeeding Garnett Russell Port; former high councilor, stake Sunday School president, stake Young Men president, stake missionary, bishop and counselor, married Cheryl Mary Tolley. Counselors - Thomas Paul Despain, 45, forest geneticist, former high councilor, stake Young Men president and counselor, stake missionary, bishop, and elders quorum president's counselor, married Sally Ann Hendrix; Albertus Holmes Wasson, 47, forest hydrologist, former high councilor, stake missionary, bishop and counselor, district clerk, and Young Men president, married Kristine Davidson.
ELKO NEVADA STAKE: (Oct. 13, 1991) President - Kenneth Gardner Jones, 53, rancher, succeeding Duane Arnold Hoem; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Adult adviser, bishop, elders quorum president, and priest quorum adviser, married Lorna Sorensen. Counselors - Charles Michael Quist, 49, owner of tire company, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Sunday School teacher, married Estelle Kaye Haws; Kurt Glenn Alleman, 38, optometrist, former bishop and counselor, Young Men president, high priest group leader, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Marie Beth Lewis.
LAS VEGAS NEVADA MEADOWS STAKE: (Oct. 13, 1991) President - Thomas John O'Roarke, 48, elementary school principal, succeeding Terry D. Rogers; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Shirley Jeanne Turner. Counselors - Paul Stewart Rogers, 43, owner of CPA firm, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake executive secretary, bishop, ward finance clerk, elders quorum president and counselor, married Melinda Putnam; Kevin Ned Miller, 35, physician, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president and counselor, Young Men president, ward mission leader, and activities committee chairman, married Michelle Baker.
MOBILE ALABAMA STAKE: (Oct. 20, 1991) President - James Norman Cowart, 42, vocational rehabilitation counselor, succeeding Robert Louis Constantine; former stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and seminary teacher, married Meredith Leigh Wells. Counselors - Michael Louis Slezak, 32, international sales manager, former high councilor, stake clerk, bishop and counselor, married Laura Kay Wrighter; Patrick Jay Cahoon, 46, sales executive for copier company, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, seventies president, and elders quorum president, married Susan Elane Satter.
ONTARIO OREGON STAKE: (Oct. 20, 1991) President - George Steven Laney, 39, vice president of operations for woodgrain millwork company, succeeding Reed Neils Dame; former mission president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, branch president, ward mission leader, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Linda Christensen. Counselors - Monty Jean Pearce, 43, rancher, former high councilor and Young Men president, married Merry Stott; Clinton Edward Kennington, 42, dairy farmer, former high councilor, stake missionary, ward mission leader, Young Men president, priest quorum adviser, and Sunday School teacher, married Patricia Jo Redd.
PAPEETE TAHITI STAKE: (Sept. 22, 1991) President - Rie Teoriori Tihoti Mariteragi, 46, city government employee, succeeding Benjamin Tauraa Sinjoux; former stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, married Hilda Teura Ah Reng Wong. Counselors - Calixte Faremata Pai, 49, chief of police, former stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, married Linda Tuane Hatete; Serge Tetuaterai Raihauti, 30, policeman, former high councilor, stake mission president, and bishop, married Vehiarii Marere Rereao Tekurio.