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They serve voluntarily, usually for a period of several years. Following is a list of the current and former presidents and matrons of the Salt Lake Temple.</p> <table class="statistics"> <thead> <tr> <th>Temple President</th> <th style="text-align:left">Temple Matron</th> <th>Years Served</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Blaine Jackson Wixom Jr.</td> <td style="text-align:left">Rosemary Mix Wixom</td> <td>2017–<span style="visibility:hidden">2017</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cecil Osborn Samuelson Jr.</td> <td style="text-align:left">Sharon Giauque Samuelson</td> <td>2014–2017</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oren Claron Alldredge Jr.</td> <td style="text-align:left">Lillian Kaye Smith Alldredge</td> <td>2011–2014</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sheldon Fay Child</td> <td style="text-align:left">Joan Haacke Child</td> <td>2008–2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Milton Richard Walker</td> <td style="text-align:left">Kathleen Hinckley Barnes Walker</td> <td>2005–2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lloyd Aldin Porter</td> <td style="text-align:left">Shirley Faye Palmer Porter</td> <td>2002–2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Warren Eugene Hansen</td> <td style="text-align:left">Jenine Showell Hansen</td> <td>1999–2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Derrill Hunt Richards</td> <td style="text-align:left">Colleen Germer Richards</td> <td>1999–1999</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Carlos Egan Asay</td> <td style="text-align:left">Colleen Webb Asay</td> <td>1996–1999</td> </tr> <tr> <td>George Ivins Cannon</td> <td style="text-align:left">Isabel Hales Cannon</td> <td>1993–1996</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Spencer Hamlin Osborn </td> <td style="text-align:left">Avanelle Richards Osborn</td> <td>1990–1993</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edgar Martell Denny</td> <td style="text-align:left">Eula Jane Peterson Denny</td> <td>1987–1990</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Victor Lee Brown</td> <td style="text-align:left">Lois Ashton Kjar Brown</td> <td>1985–1987</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marion Duff Hanks</td> <td style="text-align:left">Maxine Lehua Christensen Hanks</td> <td>1982–1985</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Alexander Raine Curtis</td> <td style="text-align:left">Elaine Broadbent Curtis</td> <td>1977–1982</td> </tr> <tr> <td>John Kaestli Edmunds</td> <td style="text-align:left">Jasmine Romney Edmunds</td> <td>1972–1977</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oscar Leslie Stone</td> <td style="text-align:left">Dorothy Cobbley Stone</td> <td>1968–1972</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Edward Howard Stevenson McDonald</td> <td style="text-align:left">Lillian Hamilton Ferguson<br />Ella Gibbs McDonald</td> <td>1964–1968</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Willard Richards Smith</td> <td style="text-align:left">Florence Grant Smith</td> <td>1961–1964</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ElRay LaVar Christiansen</td> <td style="text-align:left">Lewella Ann Rees Christiansen</td> <td>1953–1961</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Robert Dixon Young</td> <td style="text-align:left">Mary Susannah Parker Young</td> <td>1949–1953</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Fielding Smith</td> <td style="text-align:left">Jessie Evans Smith</td> <td>1945–1949</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stephen L. Chipman</td> <td style="text-align:left">Annie Maddick Jamison Chipman<br />Florence Gay Smith</td> <td>1938–1945</td> </tr> <tr> <td>George Franklin Richards</td> <td style="text-align:left">Alice Almira Robinson Richards</td> <td>1921–1938</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anthon Henrik Lund</td> <td style="text-align:left">Edna Lambson Smith</td> <td>1911–1921</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Fielding Smith Sr.</td> <td style="text-align:left">Bathsheba Wilson Bigler Smith</td> <td>1898–1911</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lorenzo Snow</td> <td style="text-align:left">Zina Diantha Huntington Young</td> <td>1893–1898</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="sidebar sidebar-1 four columns"> <div class="widget-area clearfix"">  <aside class="widget widget_mfn_menu"> <h4><a href="/salt-lake-temple/">Salt Lake Temple</a></h4> <ul class="menu"> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/district/">Temple District</a></li> <li class="current-menu-item"><a href="/salt-lake-temple/presidents/">Presidents and Matrons</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/dedicatory-prayer/">Dedicatory Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/locations/temple-square-north-visitors-center?lang=eng" target="_blank">Visitors' Center</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/news/">Latest News</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/photographs/">Photograph Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/videos/">Video Presentations</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/model/">3D Models</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/region-map/">Region Map</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/aerial/">Aerial View</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/street-map/">Street Map</a></li> <li><a href="/salt-lake-temple/submit-photograph/">Submit a Photograph  <i class="icon-camera-line"></i></a></li> </ul> </aside>  <aside class="widget widget_text" style="padding-bottom:60px"> <h4>Temple Quote</h4> <div class="textwidget"> <em>"As we come unto Christ and journey to higher ground, we will desire to spend more time in His temples, because the temples represent higher ground, sacred ground."</em><br><div style="float:right; padding:6px 0 30px 0">—Joseph B. 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