Lucille "Bobbie" Pauline Bever




Lucille Topham, 61

Lucille P. "Bobbie" Topham. 61 of 1606 Calumet Ave., died on Sunday at University Hospital, Madison.

A Beloit resident for the past 37 years, she was born on April 15, 1920, in Stratford, Wis., the daughter of Arthur and Maggie Nelson Bever. She married Lorne K. Topham on June 18, 1938, in Marshfield, Wis. He died on Dec. 8, 1980.

She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.

Survivors include two sons, Lonnie and Larry, both of Beloit; two daughters, LaVonna (Mrs. John) Flynn of New Lisbon, Wis., and Lanice (Mrs. Tom) Flynn of Afton; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother, Ralph Bever of Manitowac. She was predeceased by her parents, two sisters and two brothers.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Rosman, Uehling, Kinzer Cranston Road Chapel and at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church with the Rev. Mark Lins officiating. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. today in the Cranston Road Chapel where a scripture service will be held at 8:30 p.m.



  • Father : Arthur Anthony Bever
  • Mother : Maggie Ovida Nelson
  • Birth date : April 15, 1920
  • Born at : Stratford, Wood Co., Wisconsin
  • Married : Lorne Kenneth Topham
  • Marriage date : June 18, 1938
  • Married at : Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin
  • Death date : September 6, 1981
  • Buried at : East Lawn Cemetery, Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin
  • Children :
    Lonnie Arthur Topham
    Larry Hubert Topham
    LaVonna Jane Topham
    Lanice Arline Topham

    Arthur and Maggie Bever's Children.

    Sources

    Birth-Social Security Death Index.
    Marriage-Wood Co. Reg. of Deeds, Volume 19, Page 532; female marriage index; marriage certificate; Image; Wedding photo.
    Death-Tomstone and Social Security Death Index.
    Buried-East Lawn Cemetery, Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin and Cemetery file.
    Obituary-Beloit Daily News September 8, 1981.
    Other-1930 Federal Census Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin (Roll T626_2619, Page 2B, Line 77, ED 21); Lucille "Bobbie" Pauline Topham's In Loving Memory Card; Lucille "Bobbie" Pauline Topham's Interment Card and Social Security Death Index.
    Photos-Lorne Kenneth and Lucille "Bobbie" Pauline (Bever) Topham's Family Photos.

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