Venetia Ellizabeth Pugh was a Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxilary Number 6.

She was born in the U.S. Customs House in Ketchikan on August 13, 1904 to John F. "Jack" and Venetia L. Pugh.

The family moved to Skagway in 1904 and to Juneau in 1909 where her father was assigned as the Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska. Her father was aboard the S.S. Princess Sophia when she ran aground and sank at Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau with no survivors.

After her father's death she and her mother moved into the Baranof Hotel. Her mother started a tea house and she worked there and at the Baranof Gift Shop.

She graduated from Juneau High School in 1922 and from the University of Washington in 1927 and began a 30-year career as clerk of the District Court.

She married Karl Austin Hahn on October 12, 1935 and they moved to Skagway. Their son Karl A. was born in Skagway, Alaska in July of 1939.

The Hahn family and Venetia's mother moved to Anchorage in 1947 and lived on Government Hill in a Quonset hut until 1953.

She retired from the Clerk of the Court Office in 1969. Karl and Venetia moved to the Anchorage Pioneer's Home in 1987. Venetia died at the Anchorage Pioneer's Home on January 11, 1999.

1910 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; 1940 U.S. Federal Census Skagway; Gastineau Channel Memories, Vol 1, p. 425.; Daily Alaska Empire 10-12-1935; Juneau Empire 1-18-1999; Anchorage Daily News 1-14-1999 85

Venetia Lauretta Fehr was Charter Member of Juneau Igloo Women's Auxilary Number 6.

She was born in in October 1878 in Cullman County, Alabama to Martin Fehr and Elizabeth K. Manshardt.

She married John Fraser Pugh in Alameda County, California on December 20, 1900 and they moved to Skagway arriving on March 18, 1900. Her husband was appointed to the U.S. Customs Service in June 1902 and they were transferred to
Ketchikan. Their daughter, Venetia Elizabeth was born there on August 13, 1904. They were transferred back to Skagway in 1905 and to Juneau in 1909.

Her husband John was the Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska and he perished on the wreck of the S.S. Princess Sophia on October 25, 1918.

Veneta and her daughter worked in Juneau for the District Clerk of the U.S. Court. Venetia remarried to District Judge Thomas M. Reed on February 24, 1924 in Seattle. They resided in Juneau.

Venetia died in November 1967 in Anchorage, Alaska.

1910/1920 U.S. Federal Census Juneau; Gastineau Channel Memories Vol 1.,p 425, Washington Marriage Records; Alaska Daily Empire 2-25-1924