Washington County News | 1938-10-27 | Page 1 | Descendants of the John G. Hafen Family Meet

Descendants of the John G. Hafen Family Meet The descendants of John G. Hafen by his four wives, Susette Bosshardt, Mary Ann Stucki, Anna Huber and Rosina Blickenstorfer, celebrated his 100 anniversary in St. George and Santa Clara last Wednesday. Seventeen members attended the Temple services during the day and more than 100 young and old assembled at the ward hall in Santa Clara for the evening's program. pro-gram. Bp. A. K. Hafen was the general program chairman and Mrs. Jessie Frei had charge of the luncheon. Representatives of the four family branches were A. K. Hafen, Mrs. Juanita Brooks, both of St. George; Mrs. Ella H. Perkins, of Overton, and Eliza H. Gubler of Santa Clara. Each presented pre-sented brief historical sketches of their grandmother's branch of the John G. Hafen family. An especially prepared program occupied the greater part of the evening. Along with giving the list of descendants, it was found there were four-great grandchildren grandchil-dren now living. The family effected ef-fected an organization and plan to continue holding these annual reunions.