The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-30
DEATH CALLS
P. c. TORREY
p. C. TOrrey, Kenosha PiO-
neer, Died Sunday in
Cincinnati.
ILL SEVERAL WEEKS
Illness Developing from Acct
dent Results in Death; Long
a Leader in County.

P. C. Torrey, aged 80 years, for
many years register of deeds of Ke-
nosha county and also long the presl-
dent of the Kenosha County Old Set
tiers association, died Sunday morn
ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E. A. DeDiemer, in Cincinnati, ac-
cording to messages received in Keno
sha Sunday afternoon. He had been
most critically i'll for several weeks
and death was not unexpected. At
his bedside when the summons came
were his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Torrey,
his daughter, Mrs. DeDiemer, and his
son, Charles Torrey, the latter having
arrived from Los Angeles few days
ago
Mr.. Torrey's illness resulted from
a strange accident which occurred sew
eral months ago while he was visiting
at his daughters home in Cincinnati.
A small chicken bone caught in his.
throat and necessitated an operation;
from this he never fully recovered,
developing an ulcer of the stomach
due to his advanced years. His con-
dition had been most serious for the
past two weeks.
Visited His Old Home.
Mr.. Torrey left his home in Keno
sha last fall for an extended visit
with his daughter in Cincinnati. A
few weeks later he took = long trip
to his old home in Turner, Maine,
spending several weeks there renew
ing acquaintance of his youth. Re-
turning to his daughters home, he
was taken with the illness which final
ly caused his death. He had intend
ed, to return to his home in Kenosha
in June.
Perkins C. Torrey was one of the
most widely known residents OF Keno
sha county and the news of his death
will come as shadow over the entire
community He was born in Turner,
Maine, Oct. 8, 1912, a son of Charles
and Ruth Torrey; his family traced
their ancestry back to early colonial
days.
He spent his youth in Maine on the
old homestead and took up farm work.
which he followed until two years at
ter his marriage. In 1879 he came
with his family to Kenosha county,
accepting the superintendency of the
Simmons farm here, which position
he held for eighteen years.
Long Register of Deeds.
In 1897 he was elected register of
deeds of Kenosha county and moved
| at that time to Kenosha to accept this
office, which he held for many terms.
| He was a most efficient and trust
worthy county official as shown by his
| continued reelection to this position
of honor and trust. Ten years ago he
retired from this position and since
that time had lived quiet life, spend
| ing the winters with his children and
! living in Kenosha during the summer
months.
| Mr.. Torrey had also done much in,
fraternal and civic circles. He was
| one of the founders of the Kenosha
County Old Settlers association and
/ hSd served for many years as presl-
dent of that organization. He was a
member of the Kenosha Lodge of Ma
| sons and of other Masonic organiZa-
tions and of the Modern Wcodman
camp of Kenosha.
In religious faith he was Unitar-
! ian and wSs one OF the Leading mem
bers of the church of that faith in
Kenosha, serving for many years as
an officer of the board of trustees OF
the Simmons Memorial church here.
| On the first of May 1877 he was
united in marriage to Miss Rebecca
NJ. Pratt of Turner, Maine. who sur
wives him. He is also survived by
his daughter, Mrs. E. A. DeDiemer, of
| Cincinnati, and his son, Charles Tor
reg, of Los Angeles.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Torrey's home in Ke-
nosha for many years had been at BAL
! Congress street; it was widely known
throughout the county for its hos
pitality.
The funeral services will be held
! Tuesday afternoon at threetthirty
| o'clock at the Simmons Memorial
church, formerly the Unitarian church
| and now the Masonic Temple. The
Kenosha lodge of Masons will be in
charge of the services at the grave in
the family plot in the Green Ridge
cemetery.