Yopp Memorial Scholarship for Patient Advocacy and Safety Scholarship Fund

Margaret Yopp, my grandma who worked in nursing home dietary care for decades caring for others, passed away in 2019 from severe sepsis that was not identified during an emergency room visit one week earlier. Pamela Yopp Bell, my mother who created a non-profit and volunteered much of her time for children with disabilities, experienced heart-related symptoms that were reportedly not taken seriously for several months before suffering a fatal heart attack and blood clot in 2022 at the age of 53. Roy Yopp, my grandpa who always cared for his family in every way possible, passed away in 2025 following complications involving sepsis, aspiration, E. coli infection, and pneumonia, after a stroke months before, while receiving nursing home care.