Jocelyn Elnora Torpey
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Jocelyn Elnora Torpey (1924 - 2009)

Jocelyn Elnora Torpey was born on November 11, 1924. She died on October 21, 2009 at 84 years of age. She was buried in Willamette National Cemetery Section C Site 2103-B, Portland, Or.
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Willamette National Cemetery
Section C Site 2103-B,
11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, Portland, Or

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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Average Age

Jocelyn Elnora Torpey lived 18 years longer than the average Torpey family member when she died at the age of 84.

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Branch of service: Us Marine Corps
Rank attained: CPL
Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii

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Elnora

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1924 - In the year that Jocelyn Elnora Torpey was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.

1929 - At the age of only 5 years old, Jocelyn was alive when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.

1938 - She was just 14 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."

1949 - When she was 25 years old, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.

1958 - At the age of 34 years old, Jocelyn was alive when on March 24th, Elvis Presley was inducted into the United States Army. Although he could have served in Special Services as an entertainer, he chose to become a regular soldier. Almost everyone thought it would be the end of his career - it wasn't.

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Jocelyn Elnora Torpey died on October 21, 2009 at age 84. There is no known cause of death for Jocelyn. She was buried in Willamette National Cemetery Section C Site 2103-B, Portland, Or. She was born on November 11, 1924. We have no information about Jocelyn's immediate family.

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Source(s): Social Security Death Index and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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