OBIT: Nan L. (BAILEY) STAPLETON, 2006, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA

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Nan L. Stapleton

  Nan L. Stapleton, 72, of West Chester, formerly of Mapleton, went 
home to be with the Lord at 3:30 a.m. Friday, July 14, at the Chester 
County Hospital.
  The funeral service was held on Tuesday July 18, at the Willistown 
United Methodist Church, Dutton Mill Road & West Chester Pike 
Willistown.
  Funeral arrangements were under the direction of DellaVecchia, 
Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home Inc., 410 N. Church St., West 
Chester.
  Mrs. Stapleton was born November 27, 1933, she was the daughter of 
Taylor and Esther Bailey. She was united in marriage to Donald E. 
Stapleton on June 12, 1955.
  Mrs. Stapleton is survived by her husband, Donald E. Stapleton of 
West Chester and three daughters, Denise and husband Michael Wallace of 
Gilbert, AZ, Debra and husband William Brown, Jr. of Glenmoore and 
Diana and husband Raymond Kowalski of Downingtown. 
  She also leaves her legacy across three generations: Mr. and Mrs. 
Andrew Wallace and sons, Tyler and Alex; Daniel and Rachel Wallace of 
Gilbert, AZ; Lisa Brown Pershall and husband David of Geigertown; 
William Brown III of West Chester; Brian Brown of Glenmoore; and 
Jeanine and Kimberly Kowalski of Downingtown.
  Mrs. Stapleton graduated from Captain Jack Joint High School in the 
class of 1951 and completed nurse's training at Woman's Hospital of 
Philadelphia. She worked as an operating room nurse at Taylor Hospital 
in Ridley Park, PA.
  She was a 40-year member of Willistown United Methodist Church. Her 
love for the Lord and music was evident through her ministry as a 
children's and adults' choir director. She was also president of the 
United Methodist Women, a member of the Red Hats, and active on various 
boards and committees.
  For twenty-five years, she and her husband maintained a mobile home 
in Rehoboth Beach, DE where they enjoyed boating, fishing and taking 
the girls waterskiing. After selling their place at the beach, they did 
extensive traveling in the continental U.S. only missing North Dakota 
and Minnesota.
  Last summer they spent time in Arizona for a wedding and high school 
graduation. They then flew to Portland, OR where they boarded the Queen 
of the West paddleboat boat and spent their 50th wedding anniversary 
cruising and sightseeing on the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers.
  Proverbs 31:10-31 and Matthew 25:23 were important Bible verses to 
her.
  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a memorial fund at 
Willistown United Methodist, 8 Hillcrest Road, Newtown Square, PA 
19073.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, PA, July 16, 2006