Ketchum resident John Denton Pool passed away on Sept. 11 of sepsis after being life-flighted to Twin Falls. He was 73.
Pool came to the valley in the mid-1980s and lived at times in garages and unused parts of buildings, or outside, friends said. Later on, he found housing. Since 2002, the Ketchum Korral and the Sun Valley Board of Realtors had been pitching in to cover his $400 rent at the Ketchum Korral cabins, after Pool’s former place of shelter was demolished.
“We kind of adopted him into the place,” said Ketchum Korral General Manager Ryan Sullivan. “The Advocates have a place for women and children but the male population here doesn’t get the same amenities.”
Pool was a man of mystery to some, gathering mental notes on hundreds of slips of paper at cafés in Ketchum and wearing the same clothes year in and year out. Some acquaintances have said he lived with a mental illness. He sometimes worked tending gardens.
Pool was also honorably discharged from the Army in 1983 as a sergeant with a medal of commendation. He served in the 1st Battalion of the 34th Artillery detachment from 1982 to 1983.
Ketchum Police Chief David Kassner said Pool was found lying on the side of state Highway 75 in Ketchum recently by officers, where he would often be seen carrying a cardboard sign that read “Need Work.”
“He was a gentle soul,” Kassner said.
The Higher Ground nonprofit veterans program is networking to get Pool a military funeral.
“We know he served his country well and was recognized for his service on duty,” said Higher Ground Director of Operations Rich Cardillo.
POOL, JOHN DENTON
SGT US ARMY
A1C US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/29/1945
DATE OF DEATH: 09/10/2018
BURIED AT: SECTION C ROW C SITE 232
IDAHO STATE VETERANS CEMETERY
10100 N. HORSESHOE BEND RD.
BOISE, ID 83714
Pool came to the valley in the mid-1980s and lived at times in garages and unused parts of buildings, or outside, friends said. Later on, he found housing. Since 2002, the Ketchum Korral and the Sun Valley Board of Realtors had been pitching in to cover his $400 rent at the Ketchum Korral cabins, after Pool’s former place of shelter was demolished.
“We kind of adopted him into the place,” said Ketchum Korral General Manager Ryan Sullivan. “The Advocates have a place for women and children but the male population here doesn’t get the same amenities.”
Pool was a man of mystery to some, gathering mental notes on hundreds of slips of paper at cafés in Ketchum and wearing the same clothes year in and year out. Some acquaintances have said he lived with a mental illness. He sometimes worked tending gardens.
Pool was also honorably discharged from the Army in 1983 as a sergeant with a medal of commendation. He served in the 1st Battalion of the 34th Artillery detachment from 1982 to 1983.
Ketchum Police Chief David Kassner said Pool was found lying on the side of state Highway 75 in Ketchum recently by officers, where he would often be seen carrying a cardboard sign that read “Need Work.”
“He was a gentle soul,” Kassner said.
The Higher Ground nonprofit veterans program is networking to get Pool a military funeral.
“We know he served his country well and was recognized for his service on duty,” said Higher Ground Director of Operations Rich Cardillo.
POOL, JOHN DENTON
SGT US ARMY
A1C US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/29/1945
DATE OF DEATH: 09/10/2018
BURIED AT: SECTION C ROW C SITE 232
IDAHO STATE VETERANS CEMETERY
10100 N. HORSESHOE BEND RD.
BOISE, ID 83714
Ketchum resident John Denton Pool passed away on Sept. 11 of sepsis after being life-flighted to Twin Falls. He was 73.
Pool came to the valley in the mid-1980s and lived at times in garages and unused parts of buildings, or outside, friends said. Later on, he found housing. Since 2002, the Ketchum Korral and the Sun Valley Board of Realtors had been pitching in to cover his $400 rent at the Ketchum Korral cabins, after Pool’s former place of shelter was demolished.
“We kind of adopted him into the place,” said Ketchum Korral General Manager Ryan Sullivan. “The Advocates have a place for women and children but the male population here doesn’t get the same amenities.”
Pool was a man of mystery to some, gathering mental notes on hundreds of slips of paper at cafés in Ketchum and wearing the same clothes year in and year out. Some acquaintances have said he lived with a mental illness. He sometimes worked tending gardens.
Pool was also honorably discharged from the Army in 1983 as a sergeant with a medal of commendation. He served in the 1st Battalion of the 34th Artillery detachment from 1982 to 1983.
Ketchum Police Chief David Kassner said Pool was found lying on the side of state Highway 75 in Ketchum recently by officers, where he would often be seen carrying a cardboard sign that read “Need Work.”
“He was a gentle soul,” Kassner said.
The Higher Ground nonprofit veterans program is networking to get Pool a military funeral.
“We know he served his country well and was recognized for his service on duty,” said Higher Ground Director of Operations Rich Cardillo.
POOL, JOHN DENTON
SGT US ARMY
A1C US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/29/1945
DATE OF DEATH: 09/10/2018
BURIED AT: SECTION C ROW C SITE 232
IDAHO STATE VETERANS CEMETERY
10100 N. HORSESHOE BEND RD.
BOISE, ID 83714
Pool came to the valley in the mid-1980s and lived at times in garages and unused parts of buildings, or outside, friends said. Later on, he found housing. Since 2002, the Ketchum Korral and the Sun Valley Board of Realtors had been pitching in to cover his $400 rent at the Ketchum Korral cabins, after Pool’s former place of shelter was demolished.
“We kind of adopted him into the place,” said Ketchum Korral General Manager Ryan Sullivan. “The Advocates have a place for women and children but the male population here doesn’t get the same amenities.”
Pool was a man of mystery to some, gathering mental notes on hundreds of slips of paper at cafés in Ketchum and wearing the same clothes year in and year out. Some acquaintances have said he lived with a mental illness. He sometimes worked tending gardens.
Pool was also honorably discharged from the Army in 1983 as a sergeant with a medal of commendation. He served in the 1st Battalion of the 34th Artillery detachment from 1982 to 1983.
Ketchum Police Chief David Kassner said Pool was found lying on the side of state Highway 75 in Ketchum recently by officers, where he would often be seen carrying a cardboard sign that read “Need Work.”
“He was a gentle soul,” Kassner said.
The Higher Ground nonprofit veterans program is networking to get Pool a military funeral.
“We know he served his country well and was recognized for his service on duty,” said Higher Ground Director of Operations Rich Cardillo.
POOL, JOHN DENTON
SGT US ARMY
A1C US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/29/1945
DATE OF DEATH: 09/10/2018
BURIED AT: SECTION C ROW C SITE 232
IDAHO STATE VETERANS CEMETERY
10100 N. HORSESHOE BEND RD.
BOISE, ID 83714
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