Rochester Mission

Mission President and Wife:

Zachary Fay Evans, 48, and Melanie Ann Harris Evans, five children, Middleton 6th Ward, Middleton Idaho Stake: New York Rochester Mission, succeeding President Arthur R. Francis and Sister Shari Francis. Brother Evans serves as a stake president and is a former bishop, ward mission leader, ward Young Men president, and missionary in the Arizona Phoenix Mission. Assistant to the area director, Seminaries and Institutes. Born in Seattle, Washington, to Daniel Craig Evans and Kamilla Augustine Jackle Evans.
Sister Evans serves as a Sunday School teacher and is a former ward Young Women and Primary presidency counselor, Relief Society teacher, Young Women adviser, Primary music leader, and nursery leader. Born in Portland, Oregon, to Lynn Reed Harris and Janice Lund Harris.
        Map of Rochester Mission Boundaries: 

Facts about Rochester: 

  • Hometown to the inventors of the calculator and cereal.
  • Was first known as the Flour city because of the flour mills. Then it changed to the Flower city because of the nurseries. 
  • It's against the law to throw a snowball at someone's head
  • Was ranked Most livable city in America
  • The pledge of Allegiance was written by a Rochester native
  • One of America's snowiest cities
  • Popular dish called the Garbage Plate (macaroni, hashbrowns, hamburger patties, melted cheese, Italian bread, and hot sauce mixed together). 
  • Co-creator of Captain America grew up in Rochester
  • Parts of Spiderman were filmed here. 
  • The Sacramento Kings used to play in NY as the Rochester Royals.

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