Individual Details
Claflin "Jake" Torpey
(9 Jul 1915 - 17 Apr 1982)
Minnesota Death Index: TORPEY, CLAFLIN, Cert# 1982-MN-008915
Date of Birth: 07/09/1915 Place of Birth: out of state Mother Maiden Name: THOMPSON
Date of Death: 04/17/1982 County of Death: Hennepin
HSO, 22 Apr 1982
Claflin (Jake) Torpey, 66, of 150 Holly Lane, Plymouth, Mnn., and a former Hudson resident, died Saturday night, April 17.
Memorial services, Saturday, April 24, at David Lee Funeral home, Wayzata, Minn., with private interment in the family lot in Willow River cemetery in Hudson.
Claflin Torpey, the son of Frank A. and Maude (Thompson) Torpey, was born in Hudson July 9, 1915 and attended grade school here. In 1929 the family moved to St. Paul, where he was graduated from Humboldt High School.
He was married in 1948 to Mary Louise Bianchi and for many years was a pilot for Northwest Airlines until his retirement.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Barbara and Jane (Mrs. James Tuma); a son, Scott; and two sisters, Grace (Mrs. A. O. Staberg) and Ruth (Mrs. W. R. Lofgren), both of St. Paul.
Date of Birth: 07/09/1915 Place of Birth: out of state Mother Maiden Name: THOMPSON
Date of Death: 04/17/1982 County of Death: Hennepin
HSO, 22 Apr 1982
Claflin (Jake) Torpey, 66, of 150 Holly Lane, Plymouth, Mnn., and a former Hudson resident, died Saturday night, April 17.
Memorial services, Saturday, April 24, at David Lee Funeral home, Wayzata, Minn., with private interment in the family lot in Willow River cemetery in Hudson.
Claflin Torpey, the son of Frank A. and Maude (Thompson) Torpey, was born in Hudson July 9, 1915 and attended grade school here. In 1929 the family moved to St. Paul, where he was graduated from Humboldt High School.
He was married in 1948 to Mary Louise Bianchi and for many years was a pilot for Northwest Airlines until his retirement.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Barbara and Jane (Mrs. James Tuma); a son, Scott; and two sisters, Grace (Mrs. A. O. Staberg) and Ruth (Mrs. W. R. Lofgren), both of St. Paul.
Events
| Birth | 9 Jul 1915 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, WRC | |||
| Death | 17 Apr 1982 | Hennepin County, Minnesota | |||
| Burial | 24 Apr 1982 | Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, WRC |
Families
| Father | Frank Torpey (1879 - 1941) |
| Mother | Maude Thompson (1884 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Grace V. Torpey (1912 - ) |
| Sibling | Ruth Torpey |
| Sibling | Lois Torpey ( - 1961) |