New Ft. Lauderdale Temple President & Matron

New Ft. Lauderdale Temple President & Matron starting in the fall of 2020!

Donald Joseph Smarinsky, 70, Wellington Ward, Stuart Florida Stake, called as president of the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple, succeeding President Jack S. Fisher. President Smarinsky’s wife, Jan Katharine Krukiel Smarinsky, will serve as temple matron, succeeding Sister Mercy Fisher. He is a Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple presidency counselor and a former stake presidency counselor and bishop. A retired dentist, he was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Donald George and Agnes Grieve Smart Smarinsky.

Sister Smarinsky is an assistant to the matron of the Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple and a former ward Relief Society president and seminary teacher. She was born in Dallas, Texas, to Anthony Vincent and Elizabeth Johnson Krukiel.