William G. Hafenbrak (1880 - 1967)

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William G. Hafenbrak & Jennie Heim Hafenbrak

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Jennie Heim Hafenbrak

William J Hafenbrak Elmer E. Hafenbrak

Virginia E. Brown Bethel Mudroch

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Jennie Heim Hafenbrak

Unknown - 1956

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William J Hafenbrak

May 19, 1907 - Apr 9, 1992

Virginia E. Brown

1912 - 1985

Elmer E. Hafenbrak

Sep 1, 1917 - Mar 25, 2005

Bethel Mudroch

Unknown - 2007

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In 1880, in the year that William G. Hafenbrak was born, on August 14th Cologne Cathedral, in Germany, was finally completed. Construction began in 1248, was halted in 1473, and then begun again in the 1800's - completed after 632 years.

In 1921, he was 41 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.

In 1934, when he was 54 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1950, at the age of 70 years old, William was alive when on October 2, Charlie Brown appeared in the first Peanuts comic strip - created by Charles Schultz - and he was the only character in that strip. That year, Schultz said that Charlie was 4 years old, but Charlie aged a bit through the years.

In 1967, in the year of William G. Hafenbrak's passing, on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.