Poole, Eugene “Gene” Albert, age 63, of Ypsilanti, Michigan formerly of Fowlerville, Michigan passed away on Wednesday , July 1, 2020 at his home after a long courageous battle with Kidney Cancer. Gene was born on February 14, 1957 in Howell, Michigan to Eugene Edwin and Caroline (Smith) Poole. On January 5, 2016, he married his loving wife Susan M. Poole and she survives him. Also survived by his step-children Diane and Michael Vasher, sister Michelle Flowers, aunt and uncle Helen (Dan) Utley, niece Nichole Bills and nephew Wesley Schacht, 2 grand nephews and 2 grand nieces. Gene graduated from Brighton High School in 1975. He worked for Rhetech for 40 years. His loving passion was deer hunting and many different hobbies and collections. Gene was preceded in death by his father Eugene. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Gene’s name to Arbor Hospice, 440 W. Russell, Ste. 100, Saline, MI 48176 or the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109. The family wishes to thank all the doctors, nurses and caregivers for their care on Gene’s journey and especially want to thank Dr. Bruce Redman, DO for his compassionate care. Due to COVID-19, please practice social distancing and please wear a mask when visiting at the funeral home. Please visit the funeral home website www.niefuneralhomes.com where you can RSVP to schedule a time to stop by, so that we may comply with the COVID-19 restrictions of 10 people in the visitation room at a time. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 from 4:00pm to 6:30pm at the Nie Family Funeral Home, Inc. 2400 Carpenter Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108. A funeral service will follow visitation at 6:30pm at the funeral home. Those of you wishing to watch the funeral service may view the live streamed funeral service on our funeral home’s Facebook page by following Nie Family Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Inc. on Facebook where the service will be live streamed.