BioM: Martin, Emaline #2 (1940)

Contact: Stan
Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Martin, Petke

----Sources: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 10/03/1940

Martin, Emaline #2 (28 SEP 1940)

A lovely afternoon wedding service was performed at the Zion Lutheran Church at Colby, Saturday, Sept. 28, 1940, united Emaline Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Martin of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), and Albert Petke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petke in marriage. The service was performed by Rev. O.H. Hoffman of Colby, Wis.

The bride, a graduate of the Withee Schools, Wausau County Normal, and of the Stevens Point Teachers College, was attractively attired in a dress of soldier blue with matching accessories as was her bridesmaid, Inez Martin, her sister. Each wore a soldier corsage of Talisman roses and baby chrysanthemums.

The groom, who is employed as a carpenter in Milwaukee, wore the conventional business suit of oxford gray. His attendant, Ernest, his brother, wore a suit of navy blue.

Following the service a seven o’clock dinner was served to immediate friends and relatives of the couple at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Martin at Withee, Wis.

The couple will make their home at Milwaukee.

Out of town guests that attended the wedding services were Miss Erma Flatter of Wausau; Mrs. Mable Kilroe of Mondovi; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mueske and daughter, Miss Erma Severson, Charles Martin and John Martens of Merrill; and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gustafson and son, Victor, of Rib Lake.