Nettie Torpin; Managed Movie Location Ranch

Nettie Torpin, who for 35 years helped manage the 20th Century Fox location ranch in Malibu Canyon, has died in Northern California. She was 92.

Mrs. Torpin, along with her late husband, Ralph, maintained the property and organized filming on the property. She lived on the ranch from 1946 to 1981, until it was purchased by the state and converted to Malibu Creek State Park. She then moved to Woodland Hills, where she lived until moving to Weed in 1985.

Mrs. Torpin died Sunday in Weed of natural causes following a series of recent strokes.

Born Dec. 15, 1898, in Dennison, Iowa, she played center on the Nebraska state championship basketball team in 1915. After graduating high school, she taught at a country school for three years in Oakdale, Neb. Her family moved to Hollywood during the Depression and she lived there until moving to the ranch.

She is survived by a sister, Ellen Anderson of Northridge; sons, Jack Torpin of Weed and Roger Torpin of Huntington Beach; a daughter-in-law, Bette Torpin of Weed; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Pierce Brothers Chapel of the Oaks at Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village, which is handling the arrangements. Burial will follow. Donations can be made in Mrs. Torpin’s name to the Motion Picture Health and Welfare Fund.