John R. Reese (1997-2000); Sister Gayle Gardiner Reese
John R. Reese, 50, Union 2nd Ward, Sandy Utah Cottonwood Creek Stake; Young
Men president; former stake president's counselor, stake mission president,
bishop and counselor, seminary teacher, and missionary in the North Central
States Mission; owner and chief executive officer of Tower Enterprises
entrepreneurial business; received bachelor's degree in university studies from
BYU and attended UCLA; born in Los Angeles, Calif., to William Dahlquist and
Ruth Ester Blosch Reese; married Gayle Gardiner, five children. She is Relief
Society homemaking leader; former Relief Society president, Young Women
president's counselor, Primary president's counselor, and Cub Scout leader;
received an associate degree in home economics education from BYU and attended
Glendale Community College; born in Glendale, Calif., daughter of James Hulet
and Irene Carol Thomsen Gardiner, and the late Elaine Mary Scholl Gardiner.