When Florence Marie Thorpe was born on 17 February 1921, in Big Bay, Marquette, Michigan, United States, her father, Robert Thorpe, was 38 and her mother, Grace May Phillips, was 28. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Allan Bertrand "Jack" Holbrook. She lived in Powell Township, Marquette, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 September 1993, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mayfield, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States.