PALERMO – Richard Adam Staples, 60, of Palermo and Thomaston, passed away on Feb. 23, 2024, at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta.

Richard was born March 27, 1963, the son of Warren Sr. and Thelma (Fuller) Staples. Richard grew up in Palermo, attended Palermo Consolidated School, and Gardiner Area High School, and graduated from Erskine Academy in South China. He worked many jobs, the last 20 years he was a caregiver to his nephew until he couldn’t do it anymore.

Richard was predeceased by his parents; his brothers Basil, Warren, and Joseph and his wife Sharon, his sisters Norma Staples and Louise Keane, brother-in-law, Andrew (Steve) O’Brien, and sister-in-law, Jean Staples.

Surviving are his loving daughter, Kayla Lilly and her two children, Dakota Carter and Brooke Doucette of Old Town; his six brothers, Forrest, James “Red”, Rhama and Ephraim of Palermo, Larry of Thomaston, Henry and his wife Linda of Caribou, three sisters, Grace O’Brien of Palermo, Ann Bako and her husband Peter of Weeks Mills, and Martha Staples and her companion Barry Swift of Somerville, brother-in-law, Steve Keane of Georgetown, sister-in-law, Glanis Staples of Palermo; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A celebration of his life will be held on June 22, at 3 p.m. at his home on the Colby Road in Palermo.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at Directcremationofmaine.com