Paul Amos Toepfer
was
born to Margretta Gertrude (Snethen) and Ernest Louis Toepfer in Kingfisher,
OK.
He
is preceded in death by his wife of 66 years Dorothy Louise (Mast) Toepfer,
his first son, Kenneth Lee Toepfer, at four months, his parents, brothers
Loran Toepfer, James Toepfer, Charles Toepfer and sisters Edith Nice and
Evelyn Clason.
A pretty dark-haired girl walking down the street tripped his trigger
and in three months he wooed Dorothy with his new ‘50 Chevy Hardtop he
bought to impress her, and they married on October 30, 1955 in Arkansas City,
KS, they always loved that Hardtop full of memories. One night it ended up
chained to a tree in front of the police station, with direction to replace
the very loud “shaking main street window” pipes, as
the policemen observed while sipping their coffee. Later that hardtop was
drag racing on an old landing strip west of Ark City after “someone” cut the
barbed wire fence, it later became a well-used race strip.
Paul grew up helping his Dad farm, one day his Dad told him the tractor
needed to go in to be repaired, Paul asked why and was told it was making a
loud strange noise, Paul informed him that was him singing at the top of his
lungs. He later used that voice to sing and preach God’s word. If you were a
youngster at Paul’s home and needed corrected, that loud voice would stop
anyone in their tracks within a ˝ mile.He worked at Gooden’s Hardware, Boeing, Atlas Mud Company for Alley
Reynolds, and for over sixty years, he loved running his semi-truck and
trailers hauling wheat, sunflowers, cattle, motorcycles, onions,
watermelons, spray rigs and much more.
His
fitting trucking slogan was “Don’t worry about the mule, just load
the wagon”. Paul bartered a couple motorcycles for hauling a truck load and
riding dirt bikes became the fun of choice for the whole family in between
riding horses and mules. He loved his buggy horse Blaze and his mule Jasper, the
largest mule in the county at 17 hands (68 inches).
There
was that short stent of selling Kirby vacuum cleaners, but ended after he
only sold Dorothy’s used one (he did finally buy her another one)! He served
in the Army National Guard until 1961.
In 1966, he made the decision to give his whole heart to Jesus, stop
living in sin,completely follow Him and answer that call to preach he knew
the Lord had been talking to him about. He sold everything, except what his
family needed, and moved to Colorado to attend Nazarene Bible College
1967-1970 and pastored in Fowler, CO during school, commuting 76 miles one
way. In 1970 the family moved to Petersburg, TX pastoring the Nazarene
Church for several years, he then became a traveling evangelist,
and continued loving on people performing weddings and funerals throughout
his life. Paul lived an intentional life trying not to miss a chance to let
others know about the saving grace of Jesus and making sure his friends and
family knew he loved them by continually harvesting those relationships.
He loved anything with a motor and the louder and faster the better! His
big family reunions proved how much he loved having fun, he worked as hard
having fun with the kids, grandkids and nieces and nephews as he did at
making a living. If he built a bonfire, it was so big you couldn’t get close
to it. He gave the kids shovels and they dug tunnels in his sandy yard until
they couldn’t move. He wanted people to know the Christian life is full of
fun and freedom from the chains that bind.
He (“Dad” or “Papa Paul”) found ways to make each relationship memorable
with his two sons and daughter and their families: Tim & Tammy Toepfer with
children Zach & Lacy Toepfer, Logan & Jeanne Toepfer and Jordan & Zac Smith,
Ashley & Sam Coffey, Rebecca & David Inkanish; Karen & Brent Hall with son
Dustin Hall; Wade & Lisa Toepfer with Ashley & Marlon Dominique, Payton &
Ethan Farrar and Kristen Toepfer & fiancé Jacob Johnson. Added blessings
were each of the 23 Great Grandchildren and two Great Great Grandchildren.
A Celebration Funeral Service will take place on Friday
July 29,
2022
at 2:00
p.m. at Kingfisher Church of the Nazarene, 414 W Hill Dr, Kingfisher, OK.
Burial
will follow at Kingfisher Cemetery, one and one-half mile west from HWY 81 &
33 Junction.
Charitable gifts honoring Paul Toepfer are suggested to be
directed to Kingfisher Nazarene Church.
If preferred, honorariums may be made to the Kingfisher Nazarene Church. The casket will be open before the service if someone wants to see him, it
will be closed at 1:35 PM.
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