BioM: Schneider, Berniece Margaret (1937)

Contact: Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Schneider, Welsh, Hauck, Vogel, Quinn, Bill

----Sources: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 24 June 1937

Schneider, Berniece Margaret (Marriage - 22 June 1937)

At 9:30 a.m., June 22, in the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Arcadia, Reverend Joseph Hauck said the nuptial mass that united in marriage Miss Berniece Margaret Schneider, daughter of Mrs. Anna Schneider of Arcadia, and Francis Richard Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Welsh of this city.

For the ceremony the bride wore a satin gown of simple design with long sleeve and train, her only ornament being a small gold cross. Her veil ripped over her face and shoulders, extending to finger tip length in back. The bride’s bouquet was fashioned in gardenias, white roses and swan Sonia. Miss Gene Welsh, sister of the groom, who was maid of honor, wore white net redingote over taffeta a large white picture hat. She carried an arm bouquet of yellow roses and delphinium. Misses Ruth and Mildred Schneider, sisters of the bride, acted as bridesmaids. Their gowns of chartreuse and lavender chiffon were ornamented by corsages of gardenias. In their hair they wore tiaras of gardenias.

The groom was attended by John Quinn of Galesville. The guests were ushered to their pews by Albin Bill and Linus Bill.

Mrs. Anna Schneider, mother of the bride, was attired in a tailored off-white suit with a pale pink blouse and a large leghorn hat. Her corsage was a pale pink roses. The mother of the groom had chosen for her gown a blue lace redingote with blue accessories. Gardenias made up her corsage.

During the ceremony, Miss Eileen Vogel of Arcadia sang a solo "O Lord I Am Not Worthy." At the breakfast she chose "I Love You Truly" and several similar selections. Donald Palmer, also of Arcadia accompanied Miss Vogel at the piano as well as playing several solos.

After the wedding breakfast, which was served to immediate friends and relatives, Mr. Welsh and his bride left the Northern Wisconsin on their honeymoon. On their return they will live at 108 East Division Street, Neillsville, Wis.

The bride is a graduate of the College of Saint Teresa of Winona, and has several one year internship in dietetics at St. Mary’s Hospital at Rochester. The groom attended the University Of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin. He is now affiliated with his father in business.