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- Register Star, (Rockford, IL)
August 25, 1984
George Paull Torrence V, 71, 1307 National Ave., died Friday, Aug. 24, 1984, in Rockford after a short illness.
Born May 10, 1913, in Indianapolis, Ind., son of George Paull Torrence IV and Florence Abbott. Lived 47 years in Rockford, coming from Chicago. Married Ruth "Bonnie" Bonnell in Rockford, June 19, 1948. Employed as a consulting executive in engineering at Ingersoll Milling Machine Co. and Ingersoll Engineers Inc. for 36 years; previously as an engineer for two years at Link Belt Co., Chicago.
Vestry member Emmanuel Episcopal Church, president of Community Chest, president of Goldie Floberg Home and board member 30 years, president and charter member Rockford Chapter of American Society of Manufacturing and Tool Engineers. Board member Cottonwood Gulch Foundation, Thoreau, N.M., counselor of Rockford College, docent for the industrial museum an Rockford Museum Center, treasurer of Churchill's Grove, president of University Club, board member Rockford Country Club. Received B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1935; member Psi Upsilon fraternity, Sphinx Head Society, Tau Beta Gamma, honorary Engineering.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie; two sons, George Paull VI, Corpus Christie, Texas, and John Bonnell, Rockford; two daughters, Robin Torrence-Cherry, Sheffield, England, and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Warren, Tucson, Ariz.; three grandchildren, Shannon and Gregory Torrence, Corpus Christi, and Ceridwen Cherry, Shefffield; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by his parents, a brother, Haskell and s sister, Dorothy.
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