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'''Stephen B. Oveson''' was called as a [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] and served in the Second Quorum of the [[Seventy]] from April 1999 to October 2005. At the time of his call he was presiding over the Buenos Aires South Mission. He has also served as a full-time [[Missionary|missionary]] in the Northern Mexican Mission, and as a bishop, high councilor, and as a temple worker. After he was released from the Seventy, he served as the first president of the [[Newport Beach California Temple]]. 

Oveson was born on July 9, 1936, in Grass Valley, Oregon. He died on June 2, 2013. He studied finance and banking at [[Brigham Young University]]. During his career he started a hotel development and management company, Suite Thinking Inc.; and was president of the hotel chain Granada Royale Hometels, which later became Embassy Suites. He also worked as a commercial loan officer for Western American Mortgage and held various financial positions. 

He and his wife, Dixie, were the parents of six sons. They also were parents of a Navajo son.

*[https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1999/10/our-legacy?lang=eng "Our Legacy," October 1999]
[[Category:Church Leaders: Past]]

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