Elder Joseph Carl Muren, who served as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, passed away at his home in Layton, Utah, on July 27, 2009. He was 73.
Muren served in many capacities in the church, including: mission president of the San Jose Costa Rica Mission from 1977-80, temple sealer, counselor in a stake presidency, stake mission president, high councilor, stake Young Men president and bishop.
Muren was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1991. He served in the presidency of the Europe Mediterranean Area and as president of the Central America Area. He was given an honorable release in 1996.
At the time of his call to the Seventy, he was director of temporal affairs for the church in the British Isles. Prior to that he was an administrator in the church Educational System in California and Utah and the church's director of temporal affairs for Ireland and Africa. Before retiring, he again worked for the church in the Human Resource Department.
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