Obituaries

TOPF, Yvonne Anne

September 15, 1937 - January 26, 2018

Beloved wife, mother and sister Yvonne Topf passed away at the age of 80 on January 26 in Kelowna - where she lived with husband Dieter since the late 1960s and raised her two children, Christina and Andrew.

Yvonne was born in Ruislip, England to parents Dudley and May Cook, where Yvonne attended grammar school and college for occupational therapy. Yvonne and a few friends decided it would be fun to work abroad, in Canada for a year. They settled in Vancouver and Yvonne soon met a dashing skier named Dieter who proposed marriage shortly thereafter. The story goes that Yvonne

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Condolence Messages

Feb 01, 2018
Dieter and family, so shocked to hear of Yvonne's death. I remember you all so well when we lived in Kelowna. May and Dudley moved out the same year as we did and joined the Dance group the year after. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Rose Powell
Feb 01, 2018
Dieter, Christina, and Andrew. We are very sorry to hear of Yvonne's passing. What a remarkable, beautiful lady. Our sincere condolences.

Ernie and Bea Stinner
Feb 01, 2018
I am so sorry to learn of Yvonne's passing. I am Celia Runka's sister and well remember when you lived next door to Celia and Gary. The children played together often, so many years ago. I knew Yvonne through work as well and would meet her while she did her volunteer work....she was a lovely, kind lady and will certainly be missed. My condolences to you Dieter and the family.

Gladi Rowlett
Jan 31, 2018
Casey and I would like to send you, Dieter and your family, our deepest condolences with the passing of Yvonne.

Sincerely, Casey and Connie van Staalduinen
Jan 31, 2018
Dieter and kids, So very shocked and sad to hear of Yvonne's passing. I had no idea she was even ill. When I am back in Canada I will arrange to visit you, Dieter for sure. My thoughts are with you during this very difficult time. My thoughts are about Yvonne, this amazing person I was fortunate to know very well for many years.

Erv
Jan 30, 2018
So sorry to hear about Yvonne. She was my OT for many years helping me with splints and other needs for arthritis. When she retired, Yvonne was missed by many of us.

Colleen Landon
Jan 30, 2018
Dieter and family,

It is with greatest sadness that we learned of Yvonne's passing. She was a joy to work with and she often mentioned different members of the family during our casual conversations.

Please accept our most heartfelt sympathy.

Gerry Bleiler, ex Personnel Director KGH
Jan 29, 2018
I am shocked to read of Yvonne's death. I have great memories of working with her at KGH and helping her staff set up the computer links in her department. She was always kind, very professional and passionate about her team/staff, and her department. I loved seeing her at Kelowna Community events as well. A true professional with a loving caring heart. She will be missed by many including her wonderful family. Barbara Carroll.
Jan 29, 2018
Please receive our condolences. We are very sorry to hear that Yvonne passed away. I was her hairdresser and we had lots of fun, she will be missed.

Dragica and Patrick
Jan 29, 2018
Dieter,

Sincere condolences to you and the family. Been many a year since we last saw each other, but always appreciated the conversations and business we did.

David Langton

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