Glen C. Topp

Glen C. Topp, 58, passed away in the early morning on Oct. 14, 2015. He was born Aug. 2, 1957, in Northfield, Minnesota, to George and Hazel Topp. After Glen joined the family farm in Webster, they moved to Randolph, Minnesota, where he helped farm while he attended school and then went to Dakota County Vocational to become a welder in 1976. He worked at various jobs, and the pride of his life was his daughter, Jessie, born in 1985.

Glen’s lifelong dream was to move to Alaska and he “went to the last frontier” in 1997. He held various welding jobs, including Fairbanks University Museum, Mat-Su Regional Hospital and Ted Stevens International Airport. He moved to the Mat-Su Valley, a place he loved, 15 years ago.

He is survived by daughter, Jessie Topp, of St. Paul, Minnesota; grandsons, James and Alexander Hightower; and sister, Janet Lorenzen, of Farmington, Minnesota, as well as nieces and nephews.