RUSSELL E. EBERSOLE Jr. went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 28th, 2022 at his home in Shamong, NJ, surrounded by his loving family. He died from having lived, 95 years of age. Born in Jersey City, NJ, he was the son of the late Russell E. and Susan (Smith) Ebersole Sr.
A lifelong missionary with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, Russ served the Lord in the Philippine Islands, his second home, and many other countries throughout Southeast Asia. Initially a church planter, Russ became the director of the mission’s work in that part of the world.
Russ was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and then earned an undergraduate degree in anthropology and an MA in New Testament Studies from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
Russ is the beloved husband of 53 years of Nancy C. (nee Goodman) Ebersole. He is survived by his sister, Doris Mincks, his eight children and their spouses, his sixty-three grandchildren and fifty-two (and counting) great-grandchildren. He is deeply loved and esteemed by them all, and will be dearly missed and well-remembered.
The service will take place at the Shawnee Baptist Church, 303 Oak Shade Road in Shamong, NJ, at 3:00 PM on Sunday, December 11th. The interment will be at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery 350 Province Line Road, Wrightstown, NJ 08562 at 10:00 AM Monday, December 12th.
Funeral services are under the direction of the Bradley & Stow Funeral home in Medford, NJ.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy the family asks that any memorial donations be sent to Nancy Ebersole, 664 McKendimen Woods, Shamong, NJ, 08088. All funds will be used to support young men and women who are preparing for ministry in Bangladesh and the Philippines.
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