Surnames: KRAHN SCHROEDER KIENOW HENSELER VANDERHOOF

----Sources: The Loyal Tribune 05 November 1931

Schroeder, Linda A. L. (28 OCT 1931)

A very pretty formal wedding was solemnized at 2 o’clock Wednesday P. M., Oct. 28, 1931 in the Salem’s Lutheran Church near Veefkind when the Rev. August Quandt performed the marriage ceremony which made Miss Linda Anna Ellen Schroeder and Walter Krahn husband and wife.

The young couple have always lived in this vicinity, the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schroeder, the groom is the son of Mr. Herman Krahn.

Cut flowers, mostly gladiolas ans ferns were used to decorate the church, while the house was tastefully decorated with crepe paper streamers, using pink and white in the dining room and a pretty color scheme of blue and yellow in the living room where the guests were received.

Preceding the ceremony two nieces of the bride, Misses Alma and Emily Rahm sang "I Love You Truly."

Melinda Krahn, sister of the groom acted as maid of honor and was dressed in orchid satin ankle length. Other attendants of the bride were Misses Hattie Kienow and Elsie Henseler, who also wore orchid satin and taffeta dresses of ankle length. All carried sprays of gladiola flowers with streamers.

The bride was beautifully gowned in delf blue chiffon with her long veil held in place in a cap shaped arrangement and was prettily draped over her formal ankle length gown. She had a corsage bouquet of roses

The groom was dressed in a dark suit as also were his attendants who were Bert Schroeder, brother of the bride, who acted as best man and Arthur and Elton Krahn brothers of the groom.

Two little girls, Selma Krahn serving as ring bearer, and Lorine Vanderhoof as flower girl, both dressed in pink.

Following the ceremony there was a reception given to about 200 guests at the home of the bride’s parents when a bountiful dinner was served. Those from out of the vicinity who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Tupper, Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Krahn and Mr. Herman Krahn, Sr., Cascade; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ebelt Miss Elsie Miller, Miss Hattie Kienow, Mr. Fred Kienow also of Cascade, Wis., and Elsie Henseler of Greenwood.

The young couple planned a wedding trip to the southern part of the state and Beaver Dam and will be at home to their friends after Nov. 15, on the groom’s father’s farm.

They have the best wishes of their many friends.