Ivan Leroy Russell, 96, of Poole, Kentucky, died at 7:55 p.m. Sunday, August 7, 2016, at St. Anthony's Hospice Lucy Smith King Care Center.

He was a member of Dixie United Methodist Church. Ivan served as principal at Stanley Elementary School, Clay High School, Webster County High School, and Corydon Elementary School. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and Prisoner of War. Ivan was very active in many civic organizations.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Lucy Powell Russell, who died October 14, 2006; and his parents, Roey and Adelia Poole Russell.

Survivors include one daughter, Karen Sweets and her husband, Garry, of Bowling Green, Kentucky; one son, Ivan Duvall Russell and his wife, Rebecca, of Poole, Kentucky; one brother, Kenneth Russell of Owensboro, Kentucky; one sister, Ann Bruce Johnson of Texas; one granddaughter, Ginger R. Russell of Bowling Green, Kentucky; two great-grandchildren, Adison and Jasper Mann of Bowling Green, Kentucky; nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home. The Reverend Wayne Nichols and the Reverend Chad Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery in Poole, Kentucky, with full military rites performed by American Legion Worsham Post No. 40.

Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and until service time Thursday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to Dixie United Methodist Church or St. Anthony's Hospice.

Pallbearers will be nephews.