Rebecca M. “Becky” Topper, age 85, of Emmitsburg, Maryland died on Monday morning, January 3, 2011 at St. Catherine’s Nursing Center in Emmitsburg.
Born March 27, 1925 in Emmitsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Helen R. (Myers) Topper.
She was retired from Cambridge Rubber Co. in Taneytown after 37 years service with the company until its closing. Becky was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Emmitsburg and a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Surviving are her daughter, Nancy Wiles and husband Bruce of Thurmont; grandsons, Mark Wiles and fiancée Erin Stansbury of Thurmont, Cory Wiles and wife Joni of Thurmont; great-grandchildren, Cooper and Georgia Wiles; sisters, Anna Little of Emmitsburg, Geraldine Sites and husband Lloyd of Fairfield, PA, Lucille Jackson and husband Warren of California; brothers, John Topper and wife Viola of Emmitsburg, and Charles E. Topper of Frederick. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by sisters, Josephine Krietz, Betty Kaas; brothers, Dave, Paul, Ted, Bill, Joseph, and Russell Topper.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 5, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 210 West Main St., Emmitsburg, MD, where Rosary prayers will begin at 8 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 47 DePaul St., Emmitsburg. Interment will follow in the New St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Emmitsburg.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Catherine’s Nursing Center, 331 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
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Born March 27, 1925 in Emmitsburg, MD, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Helen R. (Myers) Topper.
She was retired from Cambridge Rubber Co. in Taneytown after 37 years service with the company until its closing. Becky was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Emmitsburg and a member of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Surviving are her daughter, Nancy Wiles and husband Bruce of Thurmont; grandsons, Mark Wiles and fiancée Erin Stansbury of Thurmont, Cory Wiles and wife Joni of Thurmont; great-grandchildren, Cooper and Georgia Wiles; sisters, Anna Little of Emmitsburg, Geraldine Sites and husband Lloyd of Fairfield, PA, Lucille Jackson and husband Warren of California; brothers, John Topper and wife Viola of Emmitsburg, and Charles E. Topper of Frederick. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by sisters, Josephine Krietz, Betty Kaas; brothers, Dave, Paul, Ted, Bill, Joseph, and Russell Topper.
The family will receive friends Wednesday, January 5, 2011 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 210 West Main St., Emmitsburg, MD, where Rosary prayers will begin at 8 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM, on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 47 DePaul St., Emmitsburg. Interment will follow in the New St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Emmitsburg.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Catherine’s Nursing Center, 331 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727.