Nelda Poole Obituary (2025)

Nelda Inez Poole, age 85, of Naches, WA, passed on July 8, 2025, in Yakima, WA. She was born on January 12, 1940, in Chatham, LA, to Woody Lawrence & Ivey Smith. She was a joy to her three older brothers; Elvis, Elsworth, Travis, and her sister, Tressie. Raised in Louisiana until her family started to follow the harvest in Yakima, WA, traveling back and forth for a few years. They moved permanently to Yakima in 1950. She attended 1st - 4th grade in Jonesboro, LA, 5th - 8th grade in Marcus Whitman Lower Naches, and attended Naches High School. Nelda married the love of her life, Charles Poole, in Winnemucca, NV, on August 4, 1967. They lived a life filled with joy and heartache, but always walking through everything together for 57 years! Nelda enjoyed crocheting, embroidery, oil painting, toll painting, and quilting. She was an accomplished quilter and won many Blue Ribbons at the Yakima County Fair. Everything she made was done with hands of love and will be cherished by her family and friends. She worked many different jobs; from sorting apples, working in the hops, fast food, and department stores. Her favorite job, a true labor of love, was being a full-time homemaker, taking care of her husband, always making sure he had breakfast early, lunch packed, and supper ready when he got home. She was a wonderful mother to each of her children and a loving grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. Nelda and her husband would often get up and leave early in the morning to go to breakfast and not tell anyone, sometimes ending up in another state! They would say they were "just out galivanting". She loved traveling and going for drives, enjoying the ocean and mountains. She was loved by her husband Charles Poole, son Ron (Jaime), daughter Lori (Wade), grandchildren Justin (Nicole), Crystal (Russell), Brandon, great-grandchildren; Braiden (Elise), Blake (MaryRose), Candice, Chelsea, Mia, Max, Mazie, great-great-grandchildren; Aria, and Malani. Nelda's Celebration of Life is on Sunday, August 24th at 2:30pm at Brookside Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect Road, Moxee, WA. Brookside Funeral Home is caring for the family. Memories and condolences may be shared at: www.brooksidefuneral.com