List of Latter-day
Saint Missionaries
and Other Major Callings
in the Swapp Family
from 1830 through
the present
Elder Albert Schneider Reiser
About 1890-91 in the Swiss-German Mission (Saxony, Bohemia, and
Switzerland)
Elder Melvin Swapp
1898 in the Southeastern States Mission (age 40 -- only six
months' service, due to poor health)
Left his wife and three young children at home while he served.
Elder James Melvin Swapp
1909-11 in the Southern States Mission
Elder Henry Aaron Kocherhans
About 1916 in the Central States Mission.
Elder Alex Ether Swapp
1919-20 in the Southern States Mission (mostly Mississippi and
Tennessee)
Elder Isaac Losee
In the Northern States Mission
Elder Henry Kocherhans
In the Central States Mission
Elder Theo Dewayne Hamblin
1958-61 in the Uruguay South American Mission (including
Paraguay)
Elder Marvin Perry
1968-69 stake missionary in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Elder David Arthur Pickering
1973-75 in the Wyoming Cheyenne Mission
Elder Jerry Ivan Hatch?
About 1973-75
Elder Robert Lon Madsen
1973-75 in the Oregon Portland Mission
Elder Lynn Foremaster
1974-76 in the England Bristol Mission
Sis. Shannon Swapp (now Madsen)
1975-76 in the Oregon Portland Mission
(Yes, Bob & Shannon were in the same mission for seven
months.)
Elder Theo Eldon Hatch?
About 1976-78
Elder Darwin Alan Swapp
1976-78 in the Italy Padova Mission
Elder Bruce Wallace Green
1976-78 in the Chile Santiago North Mission (split from the Chile
Santiago Mission; originally called to the Peru Lima Mission)
Elder Wylie Wilson Swapp
Mid 1960s First Counselor in the Laie Hawaii Stake Mission
Presidency
Elder Ted & Sis. Thora Hamblin?
Elder Eldon & Sis. Donna Hatch?
Elder Angus Christy
1978-80 in the Philippines Davao Mission
Elder Eric Joe Pickering
1980-82 in the England Birmingham Mission
Sis. Shana Rice (now Hamblin)
1981-83 in the Alabama Birmingham Mission
Elder Steven Ether Swapp
1981-83 in the Germany Düsseldorf and Germany Frankfurt Missions
Elder Todd Alec Hamblin
About 1984-85 in the England Leeds Mission
Elder Matthew David Messer
About 1984-86 in the Montana Billings Mission
Sis. Maureen (Swapp) Driggers (now
Huntsman)
About 1986-1989 stake missionary in the Las Vegas Nevada Central
Stake
Sis. Susan Ellen Swapp
1987-88 in the Texas Lubbock (later renamed Texas Ft. Worth)
Mission
Elder Robert Lon Madsen
1987-89 Ward Mission Leader in the ????? Ward
Elder Michael Jason Swapp
1988-1990 California Sacramento Mission
Sis. Karyn Hamblin
About 1991-92 in the Guatemala Quetzaltenango Mission
Elder John Mark Hamblin
About 1991-93 in Ohio
Elder Jared Worth Swapp
About 1992-94 in the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission
Elder Marcus Ray Perry
1992-94 in the Italy Rome Mission
Elder Kirk D. Stevenson
1995-97 in the France Paris Mission
Elder Jeff Boyd Hamblin
About 1995? stake missionary in the ????? Stake
Sis. Laura Mahana Perry
1996-97 in the Japan Kobe, Hawaii Honolulu, and California
Ventura Missions
Sis. Hollie Memmott (now Swapp)
1997-98 in the Philippines Baguio Mission
Elder David Thomas Butler?
1996-98 in the Massachusetts Boston Spanish-Speaking Mission
Elder Jaromy Hatch?
About 1998-2000 if he served?
CURRENTLY SERVING
Sis. Shannon (Swapp) Madsen
1999-present stake missionary in the Kimball Easy Stake in Mesa,
AZ
Elder R. Brian Madsen
1999-2001 in the Ecuador Quito Mission
Elder Ragan Pickering
2000-2002 in the West Indies Mission
Elder Aaron Von Swapp
2000-2002 in the New Jersey Morristown Spanish-Speaking Mission
PREPARING TO LEAVE ON MISSIONS THIS
YEAR:
Elder Samuel Bruce Green
2000-2002
Elder David Scott Hamblin
2000-2002
Elder Jarom Nathan GIlstrap?
About 2000-2002 if he served?
Elder Theo Michael Hatch?
About 2000-2002 if he served?
Elder Michael Pickering?
About 2000-2002 if he served?
Elder Jacob Butler?
About August 2000-2002
OTHER NOTABLE CALLINGS HELD BY OUR FAMILY MEMBERS
(This is not a comprehensive list.)
Pres. Elizabeth (Hill) Swapp
3rd Relief Society President of the Glendale Ward
Pres. John Addison Swapp
1883-???? First President of the Y.M.M.I.A. (Young Men's Mutual
Improvement Association) in the Church (in Luna Valley?)
Pres. Margaret (Mortenson) Swapp
About 15 years President of the Relief Society in Luna Valley
Bro. A. Hamer Reiser
Bishop
Stake President
Secretary to General Sunday School President David O. McKay
President of the British Mission and helped secure the
site for the building of the London Temple
Special consultant to the First Presidency in the publication of Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Has served on the board of Nauvoo Restoration for some 40
years.
Pres. Martha (Cameron) Swapp
7 years Primary President
Pres. Nellie (Swapp) Losee
President of the Relief Society in Overton
President of the Y.L.M.I.A. in Overton.
President of the Primary in Overton.
Pres. Rose Etta (Hatch) Swapp
1918-58+? Moapa Stake Primary (President and other callings?)
Bro. Alex Swapp
1922-?? Moapa Stake Sunday School leadership
Sis. Rose Etta (Hatch) Swapp
1928-?? Relief Society board member in the Moapa Stake
Bro. Wylie Wilson Swapp
1933-94 "Worship through Music" director in every ward
he lived in. (Originally called at the age of 15 to attend a
workshop with the conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.)
Pres. Sarah Geneve (Reiser) Swapp
In the 1950s and 1960s
Primary President in her ward and in the Moapa Stake
Relief Society President in her ward and in the Moapa Stake
Bro. Wylie Wilson Swapp
Early 1960s Oahu Stake Sunday School Superintendant
Elder Wylie Wilson Swapp
Mid 1960s Stake Mission President for the Laie Hawaii Stake
Sis. Maureen (Swapp) Driggers (now Huntsman)
Relief Society President
Stake Relief Society Presidency
Stake Music Chairman (3 times)
Bishop Wylie Wilson Swapp
1970-75 Bishop of the Church College of Hawaii 1st Ward in the
Oahu Stake
Pres. Madeline Perry
Relief Society President in San Clemente, CA and Port Orchard, WA
Bro. Wylie Wilson Swapp
1980-present temple worker
Bishop Sheldon Huntsman
1980s Bishop of the Las Vegas 13th Ward
1990s Transient Bishop for Southern Nevada
1990s High Councilman in the Las Vegas Nevada Central Stake
Pres. Shannon (Swapp) Madsen
Relief Society President
Patriarch Wylie Wilson Swapp
1984-99 Patriarch of the BYU-Hawaii 2nd Stake
Pres. Lee Milton Earl
Bishop of the Las Vegas 2nd Ward
High Councilman in the Las Vegas Central Stake
President of the Las Vegas Central Stake
Elder Wylie Wilson Swapp
Stake Patriarch for the BYU-Hawaii College Stake
Bishop Theo Dewayne Hamblin
Bishop (3 times in California and once in Missouri)
Bro. Bruce Wallace Green
About 1989-1999 Director of the Bluth Chorale in Las Vegas
High Councilman in the North Las Vegas Nevada Stake
Bishop Bruce Wallace Green
1999-present Bishop of the Sunrise Terrace Ward in the North Las
Vegas Nevada Stake (called at the age of 42).