Shirley E. Staples Obituary

We are sad to announce that on September 26, 2024, at the age of 87, Shirley E. Staples of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, born in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by: her husband Gerald D. Staples Sr.; her parents, Halsey Melvin and Hazel Melvin (Casebere); her son Gerald D. Staples Jr.; her son-in-law Edwin VanLoan Tingley Jr.; her grandchildren, Edwin III, Jordan, Drew, Alexandra, Brianne, Jacquelyn, Jessica and Gerald III; her great grandchildren, Katherine, Rebekah, John, Emily, Donato, Atticus and Archer; and her siblings, Delores Detrick, Margaret Smith and Halsey Melvin Jr..

She is survived by: her daughters, Debra Staples Tingley (Leslie C. Shultz Jr.) of Bellfonte and Julie A. Roksandic (John) of Elizabethtown; and her siblings, Edward Melvin (Yvonne Smith), Gloria Jean Warner of East Stroudsburg and Patricia Meno of East Stroudsburg.

Visitation was held on Monday, September 30th 2024 at 11:30 AM at the TBD Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home, Inc. (23 N 9th St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360). A funeral service was held on Monday, September 30th 2024 at 12:30 PM at the Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home, Inc. (23 N 9th St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360). A burial was held on Monday, September 30th 2024 at 1:15 PM at the Laurelwood Cemetery (901 Bryant St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360).