Sylvia Toepfer

Sylvia L. Toepfer, age 82, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, died on Friday, September 12, 2008 at Morrison Community Hospital, Morrison, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 15, 2008 at the Mount Carroll Church of God, Mount Carroll, with Reverend Robert Phelps of Pleasant Valley Church of God, rural Mount Carroll, officiating. A Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at the Carroll Church of God, Mount Carroll. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Churches of God, General Conference, Haiti Mission Fund in Sylvia’s memory.Sylivia was born on July 23, 1926, the daughter of Otto and Ida (Breneman) Heitkam, in Davis, Illinois. She attended school in Dakota, Illinois and graduated with the Class of 1944. Sylvia married Lowell D. Toepfer on October 15, 1950, in Davis, Illinois. After graduating high school, and before getting married, Sylvia worked at Burgess Battery, Structo Manufacturing, and was a Bookkeeper for the Freeport Farm Bureau in Freeport, Illinois. Sylvia then worked as a Receptionist and Bookkeeper for the Mirror Democrat Newspaper in Mount Carroll for twenty years. She was a longtime member of the Pleasant Valley Church of God, rural Mount Carroll, where she was a Deaconess, played the piano, and taught Sunday School. Sylvia was also a member of the W.C.S.C. Women’s Club at the church. She enjoyed reading, traveling, cooking and gardening. Most of all, Sylvia loved the time she spent with her family.Sylvia is survived by her husband, Lowell of Mount Carroll; one son, Stan (Vicki) Toepfer of Lanark, Illinois; a daughter, Donna (Victor) Binkley of Bluffton, Indiana; three grandchildren, Joshua (Laura) Toepfer, Trisha (Brian) Berg and Alisha Toepfer; four step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Abigail, Jacob, and Benjamin; ten step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Donald and Roger; and two sisters, Marcella Lentz and Norma Beckmeier.