Los Angeles California Santa Monica Stake

Organized Jul 1 1951 as the Santa Monica Stake- a division of the Inglewood Stake
Ground broken for stake center March 1959 (Stake membership 5200+)
Stake Center Dedicated May 21 1961 (Appr cost $450,000)
Name changed to Los Angeles California Santa Monica Stake in 1974

E Garrett Barlow 1951-1967
Thomas G Myers 1967-1976
Gerald Iba 1976-1982
Herb T Patten 1982-1991
Robert Hedrick 1991-1995
Richard Norton 1995-2004
Robert Keeler 2004-

Santa Monica 3rd Ward (Singles)

Organized (date unknown) as a division of the Los Angeles 1st Ward, Los Angeles California Stake.
Robert Keeler ?-2004
Gary Delgado 2004-2007
Larry Eastland 2007-

Westdale 2nd Ward

Organized Sept 25 1976 from the disorganization of the Culver City and Mar Vista 2nd Wards and a division of the Mar Vista Ward

Need names of Bishops and terms of service.... McBride, Plank, Duckworth,Holdaway and several others

Santa Monica 4th Ward (Singles)

Organized as a branch Nov 1975
Organized as a ward (date unknown)
Disorganized (date unknown-abt 1990)
Ellsworth Johnson 1975-1977
Burton Price 1977-???

Other Branch Presidents or Bishops???????

Los Cienega Ward (Spanish)

Organized as the Spanish Branch of the Santa Monica Stake Sep 14 1969
Name changed to La Cienega Ward (date unknown)
Transferred to the Huntington Park West Stake 1982
Transferred to the Santa Monica Stake 2003

N Magnone 1969

Montarossa, Jimenez, Frausto ???? Other Branch Presidents and Bishops????

Pacific Palisades Ward

Organized as the Pacific Palisades Branch May 12 1957 as a division of the Santa Monica 3rd Ward
Organized as Pacific Palisades Ward Oct 27 1963
Bruce Hargraves 1957-1960
Calvin Shipp 1960-1966
Arden Roney 1966-1967
George Phelps Jr 1967-1971
Kenneth Cook 1971-???

What about Bishops Tyler, Vincent, Cable, Bolander and others not referenced.
Ward historical records indicate in the 1960's talk of a Malibu Branch, what happened?

Culver City Ward (Old Westdale 2nd)

Organized as Westdale 2nd Ward May 15 1955 as a division of Westdale and La Cienega Wards
Name Changed to Culver City Ward Feb 13, 1968
Disorganized Sep 15 1976 members to newly organized Westdale 2nd Ward

W Tate 1955-1961
Harold Redd 1961-1966
H Lynn Brown 1966-1971
C Harris Adams 1971-1976

Santa Monica 3rd Ward (1954-1976)

Organized Sep 12 1954 as a division of the Santa Monica and Brentwood Wards
Disorganized Sep 25 1976 members to Santa Monica 2nd Ward
Henry A Wooley 1954-1957
Ronald Knudsen 1957-1967
James W Geddes 1967-1969
Lowell T Patton 1969-??

Was Bishop Patton the last bishop???

Santa Monica 2nd Ward

Organized Sep 12 1954 as a division of the Santa Monica and Mar Vista Wards
Samuel E Claridge 1954-1960
Charles Golden Schiess 1960-1968
Roy A Nichols 1968-????
Atchley, Lindsay, Bennion????

Missing lots of Bishops---Please help

Westdale Ward

Organized Jan 8 1950 as a division of the Mar Vista Ward
Reed C Durham 1950-1951
Alvin Ludlow 1951-1953
Edward Perkins 1953-1958
George Saunders 1958-1963
U Sterling Cheney 1963-1968
Gerald Iba 1968-?
Regent J Howard??
Bishop Bennion ???
Kenneth Carrabello
Paul Prue
Ron Sloan

Missing Bishops-- HELP NEEDED

Brentwood Ward

Organized Oct 17 1943 as a division of the Santa Monica Ward
Disorganized June 1978 members to Santa Monica 2nd Ward
William G Brown 1943-1948
Benjamin J Summerhays 1948-1953
Harry North 1953-1955
Donald Horst 1955-1961
Douglas L Cheney 1961-1967
Douglas Cusworth 1967-?

Missing bishops after Bishop Cusworth???????

La Cienega Ward (1941-197?)

Organized as a Branch Feb 9 1941 as a division of the Wishire, Arlington, Beverly Hills and Mar Vista Wards.
Organized as a Ward May 28 1941
Phillip H Hurst 1941-1942 (Passed away 22Dec1942)
Clinton Ray Cameron 1943-1948
Ernest D Wright 1948-1952
Wallace R Reid 1952-1957
Willis Van Almen 1957-1962
Royal Dean Rothe 1962-1970
Dean B Peterson 1970-?

Disorganized date unknown

Mar Vista 2nd Ward

Organized Feb 11, 1968 as a division of the Mar Vista Ward
Disorganized Sep 25 1976 members to Mar Vista Ward and a new Westdale 2nd Ward

Stephen Kohlert 1968-1970
Richard Loveridge 1970-1973
Russell Hillman 1973-1976

See not at the end of Mar Vista Ward

Mar Vista Ward

Organized Feb 26 1928 at the disorganization of the Ocean Park Ward
Building Dedicated Sep 23, 1928
Elick J Sorensen 1928-1930
William G Brown 1930-1938
James Anderson 1938-1943
Earl N White 1943-1948
Reed Durham 1948-1950
John W Robertson 1950-1954
Melvin I Smith 1954-1958
Thomas W Lee 1958-1962
Keith Remington 1962-1969
Quade Hansen 1969-1975
Richard L Norton 1975-
Robert Farnsworth
Steven Wheat
Richard Haskins

Please- I am missing Bishops and dates of service. Also I need help with who was in Mar Vista 2nd from 1968-1976.

Santa Monica Ward

Organized Feb 26 1928 at the disorganization of the Ocean Park Ward

Bishops
John T Corbridge 1928-1931
A B Cusworth 1931-1932
Joseph E Young 1932-1934
Wendell B Christensen 1934-1937
Edmund Garrett Barlow 1937-1940
Wallace F Hammer 1940-1944
Norman T Farnsworth 1944-1949
Wilford C Brimley 1949-1951
Richard T Jex 1951-1956
Marvin McClennan 1956-1965
Clynn Lanor Davenport 1965-1971
Herb T Patten 1971-1976
Charles Golden Schiess 1976-1977
Herb T Patten 1977-1980
Charles A Baird 1980-1983
Dennis Smith 1983-1987
Jack LeRoy Later 1987-1989
William A Strahn 1989-1993
Norman Floyd Hammer 1993-1998
Roger John Gunson 1998-2004
Marc Marriott 2004-2005
Terry Walhood 2005-

Ocean Park Ward

Organized as a Branch May 16, 1920 as a division of the Los Angeles Branch.
Building dedicated Sept 24 1922 by Heber J Grant
Organized as a Ward Feb 26 1923- The first ward in the new Los Angeles Stake
Disorganized Feb 26 1928

Branch Presidents and Bishops
Otto Monson 1920-1922
George W McCune 1922-1923
David O Stohl 1923-1928