Elizabeth Fay Johnson was born on August 13, 1893 in Jackson
Township, Madison County, Indiana. She was the
fifth daughter of William Jesse Reeves Johnson and Florence Ethel Wise.
In 1920 she lists her occupation as an office girl for a radiator company. On
June 6, 1928 she married Harry Joy Herff in Indianapolis, Marion County,
Indiana. He was born November 9, 1885 in Peru, Miami County, Indiana. Harry was
Jewish. He co-founded Herff Jones Company in Indiana. Harry died on
November 16, 1959 and was buried in an unknown Jewish Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Elizabeth died on October 30, 1986 in Indianapolis. It is unknown if there were
any children born to this union.
GENEVIEVE VESTA JOHNSON
Genevieve Vesta Johnson was born on July 9, 1920 in Anderson,
Madison County, Indiana. She was the second child and first daughter of Glen Roy
Johnson and Vesta Christena Wilt. Genevieve became a nurse. She converted to
Catholicism to marry John Frank
Steffen. He was born on January 7, 1914 on a boat coming from Hungary to America.
Three children were born to this union. Genevieve became very ill in the 1950s and
it was discovered that she had brain tumors. She died on May 2, 1958 at Miami
Valley Hospital in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. John stayed very close to his
in-laws and eventually re-married. His wife had a daughter from a previous
marriage and the couple went on to have a daughter. They all remained very close
to Glen and Vesta and the other members of the family. John died on his
80th birthday - January 7, 1984 in Dayton, Ohio. John and Genevieve are buried
in Calvary Cemetery in Dayton.
Genevieve Vesta Johnson
Family
Father:
Glen Roy Johnson born November 21, 1898
Mother:
Vesta Christena Wilt born May 7, 1898
Spouse:
John Frank Steffen born January 7, 1914
Children:
Theresa Judith Steffen born Private
Jane Vesta Steffen born Private
John Frank Steffen Jr. born Private
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