Eugene Murret

1932 - 1932

Murret, Eugene
Gene
08/01/1932 - 10/05/2021

Eugene J. Murret, Sr., a Denver resident, passed away October 5, 2021, at age 89. From 1988 to 1995, he served as Circuit Executive of the U.S. Tenth Circuit.
He attended undergraduate and law school at Loyola University New Orleans, with a two-year tour with the U.S. Army in between. Subsequently, he joined the Jesuit novitiate at Spring Hill College, where he earned a Master of Arts in the Philosophy of Law before discerning that his spiritual calling was to have a family.
Over a 41 year career, Gene Murret served as Executive Counsel to the Louisiana Governor; the Judicial Administrator of the Louisiana Supreme Court; the Circuit Executive of the U.S. Tenth Circuit; and spent 20 years consulting to court systems in Cambodia, Palau, Bosnia and Herzogovina, and Serbia. He taught part-time in the Denver University and Loyola New Orleans law schools and participated on the Board of Trustees for St. Mary's Academy in Denver.
Gene married Kathleen Corley on July 4, 1969, in the Lady Chapel at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Together, they would have four children and six grandchildren, to whom he was completely devoted. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen; children, Patricia Murret, Claire Murret Moynihan (Brandon), Cecilia Murret Saunders (Scott) and John Murret (Theresa).
A Catholic funeral will be held Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 10 a.m., mountain, at Church of the Risen Christ in Denver, followed by burial at Fairmount Cemetery, and a reception at home.