WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
ORVAL & RUTH HAFEN FAMILY
(attorney, utah state senator)
BIOGRAPHY
The Hafen's first home in St. George was at:260 East 100 North
St. George, Utah
Telephone 183 in the 1941 telephone book (Orval Hafen residence)
Orval practiced law in St. George:
51 North Main
St. George, Utah
Telephone 105-J in the 1941 telephone book (Orval Hafen attorney)
Telephone 105-J in the 1954 telephone book (Hafen & Nelson attorneys)
Telephone ORchard 3-2681 in the 1958 telephone book (Hafen & Nelson attorneys)
Telephone ORchard 3-2681 in the 1961 telephone book (Hafen & Nelson attorneys)
Orval was a Utah State Senator for 12 years and Senate President in 1959.
Orval died on October 3, 1964 and was buried in Plot C_32_9_5 at the St. George City Cemetery.
After the death of Orval, Ruth continued to live in the family home in St. George until 1985.
Ruth died on October 28, 1995 and was buried in Plot C_32_9_4 at the St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Orval's Parents and Siblings:
John Hafen Lenora Knight Hafen Arthur Knight Hafen Guy Hafen Susetta Hafen Jessie Lenora Hafen Carrie Hafen John Weston Hafen Orval Hafen Maxwell Hafen |
(11/27/1862-11/21/1946) (married 2/10/1887) (2/8/1862-11/7/1913) (1/14/1888-11/15/1971) (married Orilla Minerva Woods) (11/3/1889-4/25/1983) (married Althea Rebecca Gregerson and Nellie Brown Weiler) (1/20/1892-2/5/1902) (8/3/1893-11/15/1953) (married Vivian J. Frei) (5/20/1896-3/24/1897) (8/14/1898-8/10/1899) (11/16/1903-10/3/1964) (married Ruth Clark) (11/16/1903-4/19/1988) (married Emma Estella Bowler and Emily Jones Lee) |
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Ruth's Parents and Siblings: Joseph Crawford Clark Clairissa "Claire" Evelyn Clark Ruth Clark Gean Clark Helen Clark Ethyl Clark Marjorie Merle Clark Evelyn Claire Clark |
(9/30/1885-1/7/1961) (married 6/27/1906) (5/2/1883-4/9/1957) (1/6/1909-10/28/1995) (married Orval Hafen) (12/31/1910-6/9/1993) (married Clayton Spence Purnell and Norville Page) (5/1/1917-2/13/1976) (married Laurence Clair Harmon) (5/29/1919-1/25/1991) (married Jack Cutler Allen) (11/29/1921-4/13/2010) (married John Yates Merrell) (1/8/1926-2/22/1958) (married Emil Bussio) |
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Orval & Ruth's Family: Orval Hafen Ruth Clark Hafen Joseph "Jan" Clark Hafen Jon Michael Hafen Bruce Clark Hafen Ruth Ann Hafen Margaret Hafen Michele Hafen |
(11/16/1903-10/3/1964) (married 8/17/1932) (1/6/1909-10/28/1995) (12/2/1933-3/25/1935) (3/22/1937-2/11/1959) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Marie Kartchner) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Phillip C. Smith) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Nolan Archibald) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Jeff Sampson) |
PHOTOS
 WCHS-02272 Early Orval & Ruth Hafen Family |
 WCHS-02274 Orval & Ruth Hafen |
Portraits of Orval Hafen
WCHS-01373 Photo of Jon Michael Hafen's 4th grade class at St. George Elementary School
WCHS-01579 Photo of Orval Hafen & others laying the cornerstone of the new fieldhouse (gym) in 1957
WCHS-02273 Photo of Orval & Ruth Hafen
WCHS-02275 Photo of Orval & Ruth Hafen
WCHS-02276 Photo of Orval & Ruth Hafen
REFERENCES
Orval Hafen: A Man of Vision and Faithby ???
See the information page.
Ruth Clark Hafen: A Woman of Refinement and Faith
by ???
See the information page.
Orval Hafen: Southern Utah Lawyer
Book by David L. Watson and James H. Backman of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU
1979, 34 pages
Senator Orval Hafen and the Transformation of Utah's Dixie
by Douglas D. Alder
Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 1, Winter 2002, Pages 75-91
The Orval Hafen Collection
in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at BYU
Dixie College 1st Annual Public Service Award for Orval Hafen
FamilySearch entry for Orval Hafen
Find-A-Grave entry for Orval Hafen
FamilySearch entry for Ruth Clark
Find-A-Grave entry for Ruth Clark Hafen
Obituary for Ruth Clark Hafen in the Deseret News