AREA BIRTHS

Hafernik

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hafernik Jr. of Houston, Texas, St. Joseph Hospital there, 5:55 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 1994. Name, Mary Therese. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Mrs. Hafernik is the former Janet McCrate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.G. McCrate of Cape Girardeau. Hafernik is president of First Houston International Co., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hafernik of Taylor, Texas.

Gray

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gray of Cape Girardeau, St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, 4:02 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 1994. Name, Joseph Allen. Weight, 8 pounds 12 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Gray is the former Joanna Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Allen of Sikeston. She is a registered nurse on pediatrics at Southeast Hospital. Gray is a probation/parole officer with Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, and is a graduate student at Southeast Missouri State University. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Gray of Cape Girardeau.

Banderet

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Banderet of High Ridge, St. Luke Hospital in St. Louis, 1:18 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 1994. Name, Steven Lee. Weight, 9 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Banderet is the former Sandee Schweain, daughter of Jerry and Susan Schweain of Jackson. Banderet is an ironworker with J.S. Alberici Construction Co. in St. Louis, and is the son of Leo and Phyllis Banderet of House Springs.