(KNZA)--Former interim Hiawatha City Administrator Larry Paine is being remembered.

Paine died June 2 in his hometown of Hillsboro at the age of 76.

He served as interim administrator for the city of Hiawatha for a part of last year following the resignation of former city administrator Mike Nichols on April 6th.

His death was announced in a post on the city's Facebook page.

A Celebration of Life service for Paine was set for Wednesday morning in Hillsboro.

Among survivors are his wife, Susan, and two children.