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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271802
Title: Vera M. Topp
Date: 5/26/1929-1/29/2020
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 5/26/1929
Summary: Vera Marie Topp, 90, passed away peacefully January 29, 2020, at The Meadows On University, in Fargo, ND. Her funeral service was held February 3, 2020, at the Federated Church UCC/UMC in Carrington, ND, withRev. Rick Loewen officiating. Burial will be in Grace City Cemetery, Grace City, ND, in the spring. Vera Marie Jorgenson was born May 26, 1929, in Starkweather, ND, to Gust and Hazel (Mattson) Jorgenson. Vera married Russell Topp June 5, 1949, at the Methodist Church in Grace City. Vera and Russell were lifelong farmers in the Grace City area. Vera belonged to the Columbia Homemakers, McHenry Senior Center, Cherry Lake Club, and was an active member of the Grace City Methodist Church, and later the Grace City Lutheran Church. She loved crafts and was very active in her grandchildren’s lives. After Russell passed away she loved to travel, even taking a couple of cruises. Vera is survived by her daughter, Kathy (Michael) Grubb, Tioga, ND; her son, Jerry (Marie) Topp, Fargo; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; Eric (Jill) Harley and Anders Topp, Brandon (Lindsay) Ryker and Bergen Topp, Arlene (Rick) Renager Charlotte and Everett Bracken, Amanda (Lyle) Katelyn, Kimberly, Joshua, Joseph and Jason Shappell, Debra (Christopher) Jacob, Karly and Kamryn Bonebrake; brother-in-law, Wayne Topp, New Rockford, ND; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gust and Hazel Jorgenson; her husband, Russell Topp; her son, Harley; granddaughter, Monica Kay; and sister, Lois Hager.
Red ID: FND_I_79297 Image ID: 537962 Image Notes: FND001 271802

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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