Roger P Topf

Roger P. Topf, age 90, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away on July 6, 2023. Roger was born August 20, 1932, in Charter Oak, Iowa, to Paul A. Topf and Lila H. (Meseck) Topf.

Roger attended Charter Oak High School.  He worked at Clark Limestone for 15 years and Capital Construction for 24 years as a crane operator. 

Roger was a Korean War veteran and was pleased to take an honor flight in 2015.

Roger was a longtime member of Nixa Christian Church.  He was a member of Chrysolite Lodge #420 for 44 ½ years, a member of OES Ozark Chapter #98 and OES Valley Chapter #26 at Missouri Valley, Iowa.

Roger was a great cook who loved his dogs and cars.  He was a devoted husband who cared for two of his wives as they battled terminal illness.  

As Roger used to say, he was married four times to 3 wives.  He married Mary Lou Fountain on August 16, 1958.  They were later divorced but remarried in 1961.  They had a daughter, Lisa J. Topf Messerschmidt, who was born June 10, 1962.  They later divorced again in 1964.  Roger married Sandra Dunlop on August 29, 1969.  Roger cared for Sandra until her death on February 2, 1991, from complications of Diabetes.  Roger married Virginia A. (Pettibone) Brede on November 26, 1992.  They were married almost 20 years until Virginia’s death on October 13, 2012, from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Roger was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Paul, Jr who died at birth, wives Mary Lou (Fountain Topf) Wulf, Sandra (Dunlop) Topf, Virginia (Pettibone Brede) Topf and daughter Lisa (Topf) Messerschmidt.

He is survived by his sister Valeria Longmeyer of Omaha, Nebraska, and her children Charles Scott of Omaha, Nebraska, and Paula Jean Reisland of Logan, Iowa; five stepchildren: Gieselle AB Fest of Liberty, Missouri; Greg Brede of Nixa, Missouri; Georgia Ipsen and husband David of Nixa, Missouri; Gordon Brede of Aberdeen, South Dakota; and Ginger Pietz and husband Russell of Aberdeen, South Dakota; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and many other family and friends.

Commitment service with full military honors was held at Missouri Veterans Cemetery on Friday, July 14th at 1 pm. with Pastor Louie Lowe officiating.  

A separate Masonic service is to be held at a later date in Spring Valley Cemetery in Moorhead, IA.

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