TOPP, Benjamin ca.1896-1956

TOPP, KUHFUS, DISNEY, VAN CAMP, JOHNSON, VIERKANDT

Posted By: Charm Ruhnke (email)
Date: 9/1/2006 at 19:34:36

Radcliffe Rites for Ben Topp, Cattle Raiser

Died Suddenly at Farm Home in Sherman Township

Services for Ben Topp, 60, one of four brothers widely-known as cattle raisers, were held yesterday afternoon at the Bergeson Funeral Home and the Methodist church in Radcliffe. The Rev. Charles Birchemier officiated. Interment was in the Sherman cemetery.

Mr. Topp died at his home Monday in Sherman township. Although he had not been in the best of health, his death was unexpected.

One of his brothers, Arthur, died in 1951 of a hear attack while on vacation in Texas. His other brothers, William and Ernest, survive.

Mr. Topp was born Jan. 1, 1896, on the farm on which he made his home. He was a son of Joseph and Johanna Topp.

In addition to his brothers, he is survived by his wife the former Clara Kuhfus; four children, Mrs. Lynn Disney of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Gene Van Camp of Denver, Colo., Ernest and David; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Johnson of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Ella Vierkandt of North Dakota, and a half-brother Henry Topp of Grace City, N.D.