Ella Francis West Rew

1930 - 2016

Ella Rew, 85, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, following a long but valiant battle with renal and congestive heart failure. Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Greenwood Chapel. Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Greenwood. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Community Hospice, 6100 Western Place, Ste 105, Fort Worth 76107, or Home Instead, 2201 Dottie Lynn Pkwy., Fort Worth, 76120. Ella was born in Fort Worth on Dec. 19, 1930, where she lived the majority of her life. She was an avid tennis player and enjoyed playing bridge. She was also a member of the Fort Worth and Woodhaven Woman's clubs. Ella was a registered nurse. Her career included employment for a Fort Worth pediatrician, a trauma hospital in Austin, and 25 years in the Fort Worth public schools. She retired from nursing in 1992 from Arlington Heights High School, but remained a nurse at heart until the end. She was a loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. Ella was preceded in death by her husband of 31 years, Vernon E Rew Sr.; sister, Pollye West Pearson; brothers, Morris West and William D. West Jr. Survivors: Sister, Nell West Gilmer of Fort Worth; son, George Knight and wife, Jane, of Arlington; daughter, Susan Flowers and husband, Allen, of Fort Worth; stepsons, Vernon Rew Jr. and wife, Bronwyn, of Fort Worth, Randall Rew and wife, Martha, of Arlington; seven grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; and countless cousins, nieces and nephews.