April 15, 1920 – July 24, 2012
Theodora Mary Braun “Teddy” Topp, 92, passed away July 24, 2012 in Tumwater, Wash.
She was born April 15, 1920 to John Baptiste Braun and Theodora Abigail Wright Braun in Kimball, South Dakota.
Teddy graduated from Staples High School in Staples, Minn. in 1935, at age 15. In 1936, she received an Elementary School Certificate and began her teaching career at Birch Hill School in Cass County, Minn.