Donald Keith Staples

August 28, 1942 − April 28, 2023

With profound sadness, we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of our dad, Donald Staples of Port Moody. Born in Regina, Sask, the youngest of nine kids and the last to move upwards, he joined the Canadian Navy in March 1963 in Nova Scotia until his honourable release in October 1974 in Esquimalt,

B.C. Dad loved to fish, camp, play crib (he was a shark) and bingo. His last crib hand of 28 was March 31, the day Mom passed. Dad is predeceased by his young daughter Patricia (1971), son Peter (2005), wife Marj (March 2023), and all of his siblings over the years. Survived by son Paul; stepdaughter Karen Lee

Bradley; stepsons Clay and Derek (Cyndi) Irvin; grandchildren Nathan, Isaac, Jacob and Mickayla Staples, Carson and Tyson Bradley, Dakota (Grace), Austin, Sierra, and Devin Irvin; and great− granddaughter Alice Irvin. Joining his love, Marj, has made Dad a happy card playing camper. We love you, Dad/Grandpa. Thank you for all your love.

No service

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