Brent Que Hafen, 61, beloved husband, father, grandfather, son, bro-ther and friend passed away at home early in the morning Nov 2, 2001 after a long struggle with Progressive Sup-ranuclear Palsey.
Brent was born July 17, 1940 to Que F. Hafen and Shirley Clawson Holm. Raised in Salt Lake City, he played football and graduated from Granite High School as well as the University of Utah.
Brent married Sylvia Jacobson, his eternal companion, best friend, and true love July 23, 1959 in the Manti LDS Temple. Together, they have had a wonderful life. They persisted through many years of his education culminating with his Ph.D in Health Sciences from Southern Illinois University. Together, they raised seven children and are the proud grandparents of 19 beautiful grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, with hopefully more to come.
Brent was one of the lucky who loved to go to work every day. He was a professor for 31 years at Brigham Young University, where he received many teaching awards. He loved teaching, writing and research but he especially loved his colleagues and students.
As a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brent has served in many callings. Most recently he serviced as the stake president of the Provo North Stake. He served in that presidency for 19 years.
Brent has lived a life of devotion: to his wife, his family, his friends, and his God. His life has been an example for his family to live by. He will be dearly missed and always remembered.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Sylvia, of 42 years; children and their spouses, Cory (Melinda) Hafen, Kenneth (Tammy) Hafen, Jennifer (Paul) Kruger, Mark (Candace) Hafen, Chris-ty (Sean) Brown, John Hafen, Elder Daniel Hafen, serving in the Leeds En-gland Mission; 19 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; parents, Max and Shirley Holm; siblings, Annette (Ron) Savage, Scott (Valerie) Holm; and many other dear family members. Preceded in death by his father, Que Hafen; and brother, Eugene (Deana Agnello) Hafen.
Services will be held at the Grand-view South Stake Center (formerly Provo North Stake), 1122 N Grand Ave, Provo, UT, Tues. Nov 6, 2001, 11 a.m. Family and friends may call at the Stake Center, Mon. Nov 5, 6-8 p.m. and 9:30-10:40 a.m. the day of the funeral. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery, 4800 N. 650 E, Provo. Directors, Berg Mortuary.