The Topping family would like to thank all of the kind people that have made memorial donations in Dad's name to his favorite charities. We have been notified that the Hornell Humane Society and Animal Shelter, Lollypop Farm in Rochester, and the Parry Sound Branch of the Ontario SPCA have all received memorial donations in his name. I am sure that many other such notifications will follow, much as the flood of cards and notes that we received from people expressing their condolences and sorrow over Dad's death. We are grateful for everyone's generosity and touched by the fact that they chose to honor him in a way that he would highly approve of. Our father was committed to helping these various organizations and would be thrilled by the outpouring of support that people have bestowed on some of his most favored charities. There could be no higher tribute to him than supporting the causes that meant so much to him personally.

Pop had been donating great quantities of food to the Red Cross Food Pantry in Hornell for quite some time now. He had also been giving significant amounts of support to the Hornell Animal Shelter, in the form of large bags of dog food and things like dog toys that he had purchased when the opportunity arose. Mom mentioned that she delivered some of the dog food that Pop had squirreled away at their house to the Animal Shelter in Hornell a few days ago. The staff there told her that they had only made the connection between her and Pop when they saw the car she had driven up in, and that he had stopped in on a regular basis and had quietly dropped off supplies with little fanfare. They said that they didn't know a lot about him, but now that the memorial contributions were pouring in they had made the connection to just exactly who he was, and were grateful for his dedicated support based on his love of animals. The shelter will be sending Mom a list of all the donors who have made contributions in his name sometime in the near future.

Pop's obituary appeared in the Parry Sound North Star newspaper today and can be viewed on the North Star website by clicking on the following link Stan Topping Obituary - Parry Sound North Star. The identical obituary will appear in the Parry Sound Beacon Star on Saturday.