Durrel A. Woolsey

Durrel A. Woolsey (born 1926) was a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1990-1995.

Woolsey was born in Escalante, Utah to W. Arden Woolsey and his wife the former Ruby Riddle. He lived in Escalante until age 16 when he moved with his family to Cedar City, Utah. After graduating high school in the spring of 1944 he joined the United States Navy. He was stationed in the pacific and his ship was attacked multiple times by Kamikaze planes.

In 1946 Woolsey married LaRae Wood, who he had met in high school, in the St. George Temple. They then moved to Trona, California and later to Taft, California where Woolsey was a counselor in the bishopric for ten years. He later moved to Stockton, California. He served there for eight years in the stake presidency and another eight years as stake president.

At various times Woolsey studied at the University of the Pacific in Stockton and also at Princeton University. Woolsey worked for several years for Standard Oil Company, and in 1970 established the independent Woolsey Oil Company.

At the time he was called as a general authority Woolsey was serving as president of the Arizona Tucson Mission. After he was a general authority he served as president of the Oakland California Temple from 1996-1999.

Durrel and LaRae were the parents of three children.

Sources

• Grandpa Bill's GA pages
• LDS Church News June 26, 1996

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