Individual Details

Maude Thompson

(1884 - Abt Jul 1964)

Hudson Area Bio Index: Maude Thompson (1884-1964)
Source: HSO, 6 Aug 1964, Obit, p1
m: Frank A. Torpey (see)
d/o: Evan & Anna (Holden) Thompson
son: Claflin
daughters: Mrs. Roger (Lois) Defenbaugh (d.), Mrs. A. O. Staberg (Grace), Mrs. W. R. Lofgren (Ruth)
4 grandchildren

Hudson Area Bio Index: Addie Thompson (1877-1944)
Source: HSO, 27 Jan 1893, Marriage, p4, c5; HSO, 7 Dec 1944, Obit
m: (1) Hudson, 22 Jan 1893, Richard Burke
m: (2) ____ Kuhn
daughters: Mrs. J. C. Lonergan, Mrs. Sidney Smith, Kathleen B. Nash, Mrs. Gladys B. Madison
sisters: Mrs. Mabel Hilyard, Mrs. Jessie Adams, Mrs. Frank Torpey
one son: Raymond
d/o: Evan J. Thompson

Obit, Grace V. Torpey, Hudson Star-Observer, 02 Jun 1988

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.

Events

Birth1884
DeathAbt Jul 1964
MarriageFrank Torpey

Families

SpouseFrank Torpey (1879 - 1941)
ChildGrace V. Torpey (1912 - )
ChildRuth Torpey
ChildClaflin "Jake" Torpey (1915 - 1982)
ChildLois Torpey ( - 1961)
FatherEvan J. Thompson (1848 - 1922)
MotherViola Olsen
SiblingMable Thompson (1874 - 1957)

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