Ronald Lee Poe

(Pollard) Poe. On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, Ronald departed this life peacefully after battling a

long illness with his wife Deborah by his side.

Ronald was fondly called “Ron”, “Ronnie” or “Sarge” by family and friends. Ron received his

education in the Omaha Public School system, attending North High School and graduating

from Technical High School in 1974. He later continued his education at Bellevue University.

After graduating from High School, Ron enlisted in the United States Army acquiring many

accommodations and awards as an Army Recruiter including the Army Meritorious Award and

the Army Achievement Medal. He served as a recruiter in Omaha, Michigan, and Virginia. After

a long and successful military career covering 21 years, in 1995 Ron retired as a Sergeant First

Class.

After retiring from the military, Ron initially worked in the Insurance industry before embarking

on his last professional career in sales at Xerox Corporation. Ron enjoyed a successful career in

sales with Xerox achieving many awards to include the most prestigious President’s Club Award,

the ultimate sales achievement award. After 17 years with Xerox, Ron retired in 2012 to

become an entrepreneur.

Ron was an avid golfer and a longtime member of the Cornhusker Golf Club. Ron also served on

the Board of Hogan Junior Golf Heroes at Miller Park in Omaha. He was a lifelong “pool shark”

and often told stories of his early experience making money in the pool halls as a young man

and everyone that knew Ron was familiar with his love of fine cars and rare classics.

Ron was dedicated to the community of North Omaha which he grew up in and was involved in

the redevelopment efforts of the community. He purchased a commercial property on 33 rd and

Parker St. which he hoped to create a business that would have a positive impact on the

neighborhood but unfortunately became ill before his dream could come to fruition. The Union

for Contemporary Arts dedicated a mural to Ron at the Parker St. location in 2015.

Ron was a friend, a mentor, and a buddy to many. He was a jokester, a debater, and “trash-

talker”. Ron overflowed with personality and loved to share his knowledge of all things and

helped anyone in need. He had a big heart, and some would say a big ego and a big mouth, all

the things we loved about him!

On November 27th, 2009, Ron was united in matrimony to his wife and soulmate Deborah

Williams-Poe whom he spent the rest of his life with. Ron’s favorite saying was “it’s just you

and me baby”. Ron and Deb loved to travel, look at new homes, and get ideas, attend car

shows, listen to live jazz, and dance together.

Ron attended and was a member of several churches over the years and had actively

participated in the ministry. He had a strong faith in the Lord and it was the guiding principle in

the way he lived his life. Ron received Christ as his personal Savior.

Ron is survived by his loving wife, Deborah Williams-Poe, daughter Makisha Patterson, son, Ryan

Poe, and brother Stanley Poe (Michelle). He is preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Effie

Poe, brother Robert Collier, sister Sheri Booth, and daughter Nyomi Taylor.

He also leaves to cherish his memory stepson, Schyler Kellogg, stepdaughter Tayler Armstrong,

grandchildren, Miryah Poe, Christopher Patterson, Keyon Patterson, Zayden Patterson, Autumn

Patterson, six bonus grandchildren, niece, LaShawn Booth-Abdo (Nicholas), nephews, Devon

Booth and Michael Booth, great and great-great nieces and nephews, many cousins, caregivers

Scott Collier and Elaine Ewers, and a host of good friends.

A special thank you to A Place at Home, the VA Home-based Healthcare team and attending

medical staff at Nebraska Medicine, West-Lawn Hillcrest Funeral Home, and Melvina (Erving)

Ward of Undertaking Alternatives Inc.