JC Hakanen and Walter Ditchcreek at 2012 Reunion
JC (left) is Waco Hakanen's youngest son. Waco was John and Mary (Kivisto) Hakanen's oldest son. Walter's family was from Finland. He has been active in the church since when there was a Finnish minister. There were two families from Finland. The Ditchcreeks and the Deetscreeks. I always got them mixed-up. Walter speaks Finn and was able communicate well with our cousins from Finland. Some of them visited his farm the day after the reunion.