Lloyd Raffetto
Lloyd Raffetto | |
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| Born | Lloyd Alexander Raffetto December 27, 1897 |
| Died | April 5, 1988 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Lloyd A. Raffetto, L.A. Raffetto, Raff |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Ice cream process inventor, hotel owner, bank co-founder |
| Years active | 1920s-1970s |
| Employer | Raffles Hotel (owner) |
| Known for | co-founding Mother Lode Bank |
| Spouse | Ethel Quigley |
| Children | 1 son |
| Parent(s) | John Augustus Raffetto, Adela Isadeen Creighton |
| Relatives | Michael Raffetto (brother), John Augustus Raffetto Jr. (brother), Alexander Howison Murray Jr. (brother-in-law) |
Lloyd Raffetto also known as Lloyd A. Raffetto, Lloyd Alexander Raffetto, and "Raff" (1897-1988), was a noted Italian-American-Irish-American co-inventor of an ice cream manufacturing process, entrepreneur, and banker who owned the Raffles Hotel (now Carey House) and co-founded the Mother Lode Bank, both of Placerville, California.