Charles O. Staggs, a Woodland Nursing Home resident, died Thursday evening in Ball Hospital after admission earlier in the day.
A lifetime resident of Delaware County, he was born near Yorktown and attended the old Nebo School. At the time of his retirement in 1963, Mr. Staggs had been employed at Warner Gear for 22 years. He earlier worked at the YWCA for 13 years.
Surviving are two daughters, Elnora (Mrs. R.L.) Burns, Tempe, Ariz., and Betty Sue (Mrs. Russell) Robold, Sapulpa, Okla.; two sons, Bob Staggs, Muncie, and Jim Staggs, LaHabra, Calif.; two sisters, Ruby Witter and Ella (Mrs. Dale) Ellison, both of Muncie; 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
His wife, Beaulah, to whom he had been married for 62 years, died last November.
A grandson, Rev. Claude Robold, pastor of the Middletown, Ohio Church of God, will conduct services in Meeks Mortuary at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Elm Ridge.
Calling hours at the mortuary are 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.