BioM: Witte, Elsie (1942)

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Surnames: Witte, Luhrsen, Goetsch, Gokey

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 07/02/1942

Witte, Elsie (Marriage - 30 June 1942)

Miss Elsie Witte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Witte of Colby, Wis., and Delos C. Luhrsen, Abbotsford pharmacist, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Luhrsen of Abbotsford, Wis., were united in marriage at the Zion Ev. Lutheran church in Colby on Tuesday, June 30, 1942, at 5:00 P.M., Rev. M. C. Goetsch reading the marriage ceremony. The couple was attended by Mrs. Vane Gokey of Abbotsford as matron of honor and by Mr. Vane Gokey.

The bride was attired in a becoming white Jeroma crepe suit with white accessories and her shoulder bouquet consisted of Talisman roses and swansonia. Mrs. Gokey wore a white street length dress with yellow accessories and her shoulder bouquet consisted of daisies and rosebuds.

Following the ceremony, a dinner was served at the Hotel Charles at Marshfield, the table being decorated with cut flowers and a large wedding cake.

The couple left on a wedding trip to Northern Wisconsin and Michigan and will be at home after July 15th at Abbotsford, Wis.