Clyde "Ed" Stapleton, 85, of Auburn, IN, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at his home in Auburn. Ed was born on Sunday, November 01, 1936, in Pennington Gap, Lee County, VA. Ed married Laura Pauline Lyons on Saturday, December 15, 1956 in Gate City, Virginia. Ed attended school in Lee County, VA and was a member of the Blackford Baptist Temple Church in Hartford City, IN. He retired from Sheller Globe in Montpelier and formerly worked at Griffith Rubber Mills in Garrett, IN., and as a custodian for the Blackford County Schools. Later in life Ed enjoyed working as a door greeter at the Auburn Walmart. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, bowling, and his American Bullies (bulldogs).

Ed loved his family and he will be sadly missed by his wife of 65 years, Laura Pauline (Lyons) Stapleton, Auburn, IN., daughters,  Brenda (Steven) Woolard, Keystone, IN., Margaret (Michael L.) Willmann, Montpelier, IN., Jeanette McConnell, Angola, IN., and sons, Dewayne E. Stapleton, Angola, IN., and Dougles E Stapleton, Auburn, IN., 9 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, sister Diane Webb, brothers in law, Ray, James, and Dennis, sisters in law, Roszella and Betty Jo, and several nieces and nephews.

Ed was preceded in death by his father, Clyde Stapleton, mother, Lucy (West) Stapleton, brothers, Bob & Jimmie, great-grandson, Austin Kreischer and brother in law, Charles D. Lyons.

Family and friends may gather to share and remember at Walker & Glancy Funeral Home, 109 W. Windsor St. Montpelier, IN 47359, on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Friday, August 5, 2022, one hour before the service.

A service to celebrate Ed's life will be at Walker & Glancy Funeral Home at 11:00 am Friday, August 5, 2022 with Pastor Les Bantz officiating. Interment will follow in the Brookside Memorial Park in Montpelier.

Preferred memorials: The Alzheimers Association, 50 91st Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240.

Arrangements are being handled by Walker & Glancy Funeral Home in Montpelier.

Online condolences may be made at www.glancyfuneralhomes.com