Edward P. 'Ed' Crapol, 84, author and retired history professor | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
Edward Paul ‘Ed’ Crapol WILLIAMSBURG — Edward P. “Ed” Crapol, 84, died peacefully at his home the morning of Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, of congestive heart failure. A historian, teacher, family man and friend, Ed was born Sept. 29, 1936, in Buffalo, New York, to Paul Crapol and Emmi Klinger Crapol. His parents emigrated from Germany in the early 1930s seeking the opportunities America offered themselves and their children. Ed excelled at school and became the first in his family to attend college, working at whatever jobs were available to pay his way, whether digging ditches or ironi...