Ella Irene West Pool was born on December 3, 1917 in Yankton, South Dakota and passed away on March 28, 2019. Ella and Leon Pool married in 1945 and went on to run Leon’s Garden Store on Lake City Way for many years. Known for her community service through the Daughters of the American Revolution and Elks Emblem Club, Ella was a lifelong learner who cherished her lovely gardens in Lake City, loved to read, and wrote histories of the West and Ortman families. Ella traveled, especially to sites of family history including the Ukraine and New England states. Ella is survived by nieces Mary West, Judy West, Karen House, Debi Cargill, Evelyn Barrington, Miriam Simmons, Judi Stanford, Sharon Parsons and Carole Farrell and nephews Robert West, Don House, Mark Simmons and David Steele.
