 He was known for running a very expertly tuned operation, and keeping his equipment in perfect working order.We believe Mr. Ley potentially ran the mill seasonally through the 1930s, until his death in 1941.Between 1939 and Ley's death in 1941, Ley's daughter Estella Ley-Pickenpaugh and her husband Fred Pickenpaugh attempted to restore the mill to full working order, only to discover local wheat and grains unavailable, as most milling had moved to large-scale mills in the Midwest.