(KLZA)--Pastor Ronald “Ron” Russell of Humboldt is being remembered.

He died Tuesday at the age of 82.

Pastor Russell, a native of California, moved to southeast Nebraska where his parents had grown up to pursue his call to the ministry.

He served as a youth pastor in Nebraska City before moving to Lincoln and eventually moving to Humboldt in 1973 where he served as a minister for more than four decades.

Pastor Russell retired in 2018 due to health reasons after serving as pastor at the Humboldt Berean Church, the Verdon Congregational Church and the Four-Mile Congregational Church.

He helped start the Humboldt Community Choir; was a founding member of the Humboldt Community Foundation and served on the Humboldt Housing Authority and Southeast Nebraska Crisis Pregnancy Center, along with the Southeast Nebraska Community Action Board.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held Monday afternoon Sept. 29 at 2:00 at the Grace Bible Fellowship Church one mile east of Stella.

Visitation will be held Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. at the Wherry Mortuary in Humboldt, with the family to greet friends from 6 - 7 p.m.

He is survived by his wife, Caroline, and sons Eldon and Bruce Russell.