Duane E. Couey
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Presiding Patriarchs/Evangelist Community of Christ |
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| March 29, 1982 – April 5, 1992 | |
| Called by | Wallace B. Smith |
| Predecessor | Reed M. Holmes |
| Successor | Paul W. Booth |
| End reason | Honorably released |
| Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| April 18, 1966 – March 1982 | |
| Called by | Wallace B. Smith |
| Predecessor | F. Henry Edwards |
| Successor | Alan D. Tyree |
| End reason | Called as Presiding Patriarchs/Evangelist |
| Council of Twelve Apostles | |
| April 2, 1960 – April 18, 1966 | |
| Called by | W. Wallace Smith |
| Predecessor | Edmund J. Gleazer |
| Successor | Earl T. Higdon |
| End reason | Called as counselor in the First Presidency |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 13, 1924 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | March 26, 2004 (aged 79) Independence, Missouri |
| Resting place | Mound Grove Cemetery 39°06′47″N 94°25′41″W / 39.113°N 94.428°W |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Griswold Margaret Rushing |
| Children | Four Two (by Edith) Patricia Henshaw Ralph Couey Two(adopted) Freda Clenden Cathy Davis |
| Parents | Ralph Couey Hazel Lindsey |
Duane E. Couey (September 13, 1924 – March 26, 2004) was an American leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). Couey was a member of the church's Council of Twelve Apostles and First Presidency and also served a term as the church's Presiding Patriarch.
Couey was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was in the United States Navy during World War II, serving as a Petty Officer First Class Radioman aboard the destroyer escort Earl K Olson. After the war, he briefly worked as a manager in a plastics plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before becoming a missionary for the RLDS Church, becoming a full-time RLDS Church minister in 1954. He was president of the Los Angeles, California Stake from 1958 to 1960.
On 2 April 1960, Couey was selected by RLDS Church president W. Wallace Smith to become an apostle of the church and a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles. At this time, he moved to Independence, Missouri, where the headquarters of the RLDS Church were located. Couey served in the Council of Twelve Apostles until 1966, when Smith selected him to replace the retiring F. Henry Edwards as one of Smith's counselors in the First Presidency of the church.
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