Gail Marie (Long) STAPLES

LONG, STAPLES, SPORRER, HERRIG, PETERSEN, FLEENER, BEACHY, BARNETT, BIRD, MOLAK, EICH, BEHRENS, GREENLEE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/24/2013 at 12:23:22

August 14, 1937 --- December 21, 2013

Gail Staples, 76, of Clarion passed away Saturday, December 21, 2013 at her home in Clarion. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, December 27, 2013 at St. John’s Catholic Church, 608 2nd Avenue North East in Clarion, with Father Nils Hernandez officiating. Burial will be at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Arcadia at 3:30 PM on Friday, December 27, 2013. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 26, 2013 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at Ewing Funeral Home, 1801 Central Avenue East, in Clarion with a Scriptural Wake Service beginning at 7:00 PM. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.

Gail Marie (Staples) Long was born August 14, 1937 to Lambert and Marie (Sporrer) Long in Templeton. Gail attended and graduated from Templeton High School. Gail was united in marriage to Don Staples on June 21, 1958, and to this union, nine children were born. Gail was a home maker for many years, taking care of the children. She later worked at K-Mart in Carroll, and when the family moved to Clarion, she worked alongside Don at the locker until they sold it in 1998.

Gail loved sewing, quilting and embroidery. She made doll clothes for her grandchildren. She also enjoyed gardening and watching television; QVC, Duck Dynasty, Wheel of Fortune and The Bold and The Beautiful were among her favorites. Gail was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Clarion, where she participated in the quilting group every Thursday as her health allowed her, and formerly a member of St. John’s in Arcadia. She was active in Catholic Daughters while in Arcadia.

Gail is survived by her children Steve Staples of Arcadia, Iowa, Mike Staples of Krum, Texas, Nancy (Jim) Herrig of Wall Lake, Iowa, Donna (Ron) Petersen of Carroll, Iowa, Joan Fleener of Wall Lake, Lisa (Marty) Beachy of Britt, Iowa, Susie (fiance’ Ronnie Barnett) Bird of Ute, Iowa, and Kevin (Karen) Staples of Goldfield, Iowa; 16 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law Carol (Wayne) Molak Eich of Arcadia; one brother-in-law Clete Behrens of Carroll; along with 10 nieces and nephews, other family members and friends. Gail is preceded in death by her husband Don in October of 2013, her daughter Sherri Greenlee, her parents Lambert and Marie Long, parents-in-law Ted and Margaret Staples, her sister Sandy Behrens, and a brother-in-law Frank Molak.

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