“New Presidents Serving Logan and Manti Temples; Counselors Named for Washington Temple,” Ensign, Jan. 1974, 138
New Presidents Serving Logan and Manti Temples; Counselors Named for Washington Temple
President Lloyd R. Hunsaker has succeeded President Elvie W. Heaton as president of the Logan Temple, and President June W. Black has succeeded President Reuel E. Christensen as president of the Manti Temple. Both men were set apart by President Harold B. Lee with their wives set apart as temple matrons.
Born in Tremonton, Utah, President Hunsaker was serving as patriarch to the Utah State University Stake at the time of his new calling. Prior to that he had served 16 years as president of the Logan Stake and nine years as counselor in the stake presidency.
He and Sister Hunsaker are the parents of four children.
In reviewing his Church experience, President Hunsaker says that the keys to his life were taught him by his parents at home. “They taught me never to turn down the opportunity to serve in the Church, and to labor with all your might in the calling that you receive. Sometimes I’ve felt that perhaps I’ve had more work than a man should have, and it even seemed a little selfish at times, but I’ve always been glad of the opportunity to serve.”
President Black was born in Ibapah, Tooele County, Utah, and was serving as second counselor in the Manti Temple at the time of his call to be president of the Manti Temple. Prior to that he had been an ordinance worker in the temple, president of the Deseret Stake for 16 years, and bishop of the Delta Second Ward for five years.
President and Sister Black have two children.
Born in the month of December, President Black does not know why his parents named him June. “I think they had the names picked out and gave them whether or not the sex of the baby coincided. We have boys with girls’ names and a girl with a boy’s name in our family,” he explained.
Of the challenge of being a temple president, President Black says, “We want to have people participate. We want people to feel a part of the temple.”
Counselors to President Edward E. Drury of the Washington (D.C.) Temple also have been appointed by the First Presidency. They are President Wendell Geddes Eames of the Washington Stake, and President Byron Fife Dixon of the Potomac Stake presidency.
President and Sister Hunsaker
President and Sister Black