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Paul Oscarson, a former mission and temple president and the husband of Bonnie L. Oscarson, former Young Women general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died on July 3. He was 80 years old.<\/p>\n

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His family announced Oscarson\u2019s \u201cunexpected\u201d passing in a Facebook post shared with their former missionaries. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been so many moments of grief and sorrow but an equal number of moments of unspeakable peace,\u201d Oscarson\u2019s daughter Amy Oscarson Carr wrote.<\/p>\n

Paul Oscarson served in church callings in Sweden three separate times: as a missionary in his youth; as a mission president in G\u00f6teborg less than a decade later with his wife, and their young family; and as the Stockholm Temple president as Bonnie Oscarson served as its matron.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure there\u2019s anyone in the United States that\u2019s done more for (the church in Sweden) than the Oscarson family,\u201d said John Leach, who served as a missionary in G\u00f6teborg under the Oscarsons.<\/p>\n

Leach remembers Paul Oscarson as an inspirational leader who changed many lives for the better.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really loved his missionaries a lot,\u201d Leach said. \u201cWatching him pray for them and talk about them and plan for them and everything else, you got a pretty good vision of how much he loved his mission, how much he loved his missionaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the Church of Jesus Christ is much smaller in Europe than it is in Africa or the Americas, Leach said Paul Oscarson \u201craised the level\u201d and inspired his missionaries to see progress in the missionary work.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really cared about that country and the people,\u201d Leach said. \u201c(He) prayed and hoped and had faith that it would continue to succeed and the missionaries would stay faithful to their calls and that they\u2019d be able to do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Kent Oscarson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 6, 1946, to Roy W. and Vera Brown Oscarson. After full-time missionary service in Sweden, he began a career as a department store regional manager.<\/p>\n

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He met Bonnie Lee Green at the Far West Temple Site, a historical Latter-day Saint property in Missouri, and the two were married in the Salt Lake Temple on Dec. 19, 1969. They have seven children and 29 grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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The Oscarsons were called to serve as mission leaders for the newly created Sweden G\u00f6teborg Mission from 1976 to 1979, when Paul Oscarson was just 30 years old. Paul Oscarson\u2019s brother, G. Richard Oscarson, was serving with his wife, Linda Oscarson, as the leaders of the Stockholm Sweden Mission at the same time. Both young families had children born in Sweden during their time serving there. <\/p>\n

\u201cPaul has been an example of thoughtfulness and diligent faithfulness for our family and all of those he has served,\u201d Richard Oscarson told Church News in 2012. \u201cWe were thrilled and proud to learn of Paul\u2019s and Bonnie\u2019s call to serve as president and matron of the Stockholm Sweden Temple. We feel our dear deceased parents and Swedish grandparents also rejoiced in their call.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 2009 to 2012, Paul and Bonnie Oscarson served as the president and matron of the Stockholm Sweden Temple. They received their call at the same time Richard and Linda Oscarson were called to the St. Louis Missouri Temple, and they attended a seminar for new temple presidents together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seemed somehow fitting for two brothers who have shared so much to be by each other\u2019s side,\u201d Paul Oscarson recalled in 2012. \u201cOnce again we have been blessed to share a common experience. The Lord continues to bless me with a great example and mentor. I often find myself wondering, \u2018What would Dick do in this situation?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Oscarson served in a number of callings in the Church of Jesus Christ, including gospel doctrine teacher, ward employment specialist, stake president, stake president\u2019s counselor, bishop, branch president and high priests group leader, per Church News.<\/p>\n

Bonnie Oscarson was called as Young Women general president in April 2013 and served until 2018. Her husband accompanied her in her travels throughout her service. <\/p>\n

She shared her testimony of God\u2019s plan and eternal families in a talk delivered at the church\u2019s semiannual general conference in April 2016. <\/p>\n

\u201cPriesthood power makes it possible to make covenants and receive ordinances in holy temples that will someday enable us to return to the presence of God and live with Him forever,\u201d she said. \u201cThrough this power, families can be bound together for eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This article will be updated as funeral announcements are made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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