When LORETTA IRENE SORTOR was born on 28 October 1890, in Leavitt Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States, her father, Isaac C. Sorter, was 29 and her mother, Mary Edith Blodget, was 28. She married James Clifford Carpenter on 28 August 1908, in Hart, Oceana, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Beaver Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Sherman Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 20 February 1963, in Walkerville, Oceana, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72.