ROBERT LYNN TOPLIFF MAY 6, 1933 ~ APRIL 15, 2023

ROBERT “BOB” WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. HIS FAMILY WAS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. HE LOVED HIS TIME WITH HIS GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS. HE LOVED THE LORD AND WAS FULLY READY TO BE WITH HIM. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTH STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

BOB SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR CONFLICT AND WAS GIVEN SEVERAL HONORS.

BOB WAS AN AVID GOLFER BEFORE AND AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. HE LOVED TEACHING THE GAME TO HIS GRANDSONS. THEY HAVE MANY FOND MEMORIES OF THEIR GOLFING ADVENTURES WITH GRANDPA. BOB WAS ALSO INVOVLED WITH THE BOY SCOUTS, BEING A SCOUT LEADER FOR HIS SON AT THE ELK’S LODGE. AFTER MIKE GREW UP AND BECAME A SCOUT LEADER HIMSELF, BOB COULD BE FOUND IN WEST PLAINS, MO DOING WHAT EVER HE COULD TO HELP OUT. ON THE 4TH OF JULY HE COULD BE FOUND IN ST. LOUIS, MO HELPING HIS DAUGHTER ANN SELL FIREWORKS. HE LOVED GOING UP THERE AND JOKING AROUND WITH THE CUSTOMERS. HE LOVED THIS TIME OF YEAR AND HATED IT WHEN HIS HEALTH DIDN’T ALLOW IT ANY MORE.

BOB WAS 2 WEEKS FROM CELEBRATING HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY. ON JUNE 18TH HE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE ELIZABETH “BETTY” WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED THEIR 68TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

BOB IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ”BETTY”, AND IN KEEPING WITH HIS SILLY SENCE OF HUMOR “HE RAISED 3 DAM KIDS” ANYONE THAT KNEW DAD HAD HEARED THAT A THOUSAND TIMES., DIANA ( RON) WHITTINGTON, ANN(DAVID) GROVES, MICHAEL (PAM) TOPLIFF. FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, BRADLEY (LULA) HEERMAN, HEATHER (MATT) LEGLER, ANDREW HEERMAN, CHRISTY LAMMERT AND HAYDEN TOPLIFF. HIS GRANDDOG JETHERO, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, HE HAD ONE (AUBREY ANN) IN HEAVEN WAITING ON HIM. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE BROTHER CHARLES TOPLIFF, SEVERAL NEICES AND NEPHEWS.

IN LEIU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED THAT YOU MAKE A DONATION IN ROBERT’S NAME TO OZARK FOOD HARVEST OR YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK, IN HIS NAME.

A COMMITAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETERY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023, 3:00PM.