Way We Were: Joffs family tragedy

Way We Were: Joffs family tragedy

This year, as we commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, we’re looking at the ways Parkites have come together to support each other during difficult times. One such incident happened during the summer of 1928, when a devastating accident prompted our town’s residents to rally together to support a grieving family. Eric Joffs, a Swedish-speaking immigrant from Finland, made his way to America by 1910, when he was about 18 years old. He found wo…