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Show A 1 i . V , v . x ; t I' I N ;: ? i ; ' ' i I 1 ' i Lindon Sixth Ward bishopric includes, front L-R, W. Rudolf Poecker, Bishop Bruce A. Van Orden and Tim Humphrey. Back, Arlan Ostergaard, Joseph llowarth, Grant Keeler and Dail Nielson. Absent was Vince Nelson. Bruce Van Orden sustained as bishop Bruce A. Van Orden has been sustained as bishop of the Lindon Sixth Ward with W. Rudolf Poecker as first counselor and Tim Humphrey Hum-phrey as second counselor. Released were Bishop Eldon Tanner and counselors Vance Keetch and M. Taylor Abegg and Bill Slater, ward clerk. Clerks sustained in the new bishopric are Arlan Ostergaard, executive secretary; Grant Keeler, Ward clerk; Dail Nielson, finance clerk; Joseph Howarth, historical clerk; and Vince Nelson, statistical clerk. Bishop Van Orden is a college curriculum writer for the Church Education System. He is a former member of the Gospel Doctrine : Writing Committee. He has taught 15 years in theCES. He is a former high councilor in Iwo stakes. He is married to the former Karen Hoyal of El Monte, Calif., and they are the parents of four children, j Stephen, Kaye, Michael, and Rachel. j Rudolf was born in East Germany. : When he was seven his family came v .to the United States. They lived in ' Mesa, Ariz., and then moved to Orem. He graduated from Orem High School and served an LUS Mission in Southern Germany. Upon his return he married Cynthia Hall of Pleasant Grove. Shortly after his marriage he was inducted into the Army and served in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Vietnam. After the service he finished his junior year at BYU and then was hired to work at U. S. Steel in the Engineering Dept. Tim was born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. He served an LDS Mission in Hong Kong. He has been a Seventy since 1971 serving in the Pleasant Grove and Lindon Stakes. He has attended BYU where he received his Master's Degree in 1971. He has been employed with Alpine School District for 18 years as Speech and Hearing Therapist. He specializes in Audiology at Lindon Elementary School. He also works with the handicapped han-dicapped people in the area. He and his wife, Sandy, have five children: LeRan, JaLaine, Joanna, Corey and Jason. Tim enjoys singing, sports, scouting, and river running. Arlan is currently self-employed in construction. He has served a full time mission in the Northern States. He has served as executive secretary in two prior bishoprics, has been a counselor in the Elders Quorum, counselor in the Sunday School and a Sunday School and Primary worker. He raises horses as a hobby. He and his wife, the former Claudia Berthold of Centerville, have one son, Tyrel. Joseph is employed by UDOT. He enjoys hunting and fishing. His wife, Marion, is the Lindon City Secretary. Dail is employed by Utah Power and Light in Salt Lake as a compuer programmer. He is a former Elders Quorum president, is currently a Webelos leader and has been a Den leader. He and his wife, Mary G. Ken-worthy, Ken-worthy, are the parents of nine children. He received his B.S. from BYU and his Master's from Purdue University. He enjoys playing racquetball. Grant retired from the Air Force in 1971. His hobbies are gardening, skiing and camping. He and his wife, Rayola, returned from a mission in Ireland in December of 1984. There they worked with inactive members and spent the last eight months microfilming genealogical information. |