BioM: Prock, Lila #2 (1940)

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Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Prock, Knaack, Linster, Dollase, Wilson

----Sources: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 10/17/1940

Prock, Lila #2 (15 OCT 1940)

A beautiful church wedding service was solemnized Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Holy Rosary Church, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), when Lila Prock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Prock, and Charles Knaack Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knaack, also of Owen, exchanged nuptial vows.

The ceremony was read by the Rev. Father Brady of Abbotsford, Wis.

The bride was attractively attired in a dress of original creation of olive green trimmed with velvet and was of street length. All of her accessories were of black. She carried a bridal bouquet of pink, yellow, white roses and white astors.

She was attended by her cousin, Miss Genevieve Linster and a friends, Miss Ardeen Dollase, both of Neillsville, Wis. Each wore a street length dress of soldier blue with black accessories. They each wore a corsage of small white astors and snapdragons.

The groom wore a green business suit. His attendants were Kenneth Prock, brother of the bride, and a friend, Newell Wilson, each wore a blue business suit.

The newlyweds and their guests then enjoyed a 9:30 a.m. breakfast given at the home of the bride and a five o’clock dinner and reception was also given at which time 75 invited guests were entertained. That evening the couple entertained many of their friends at a party given at the home of the bride’s parents.

The bride is a graduate of the Neillsville High School and the Milwaukee Accredited School of Beauty Culture.

The groom attended the Owen schools and for the past several years has been employed at the Master Package Corp.

They are making their new home in Owen and have the sincere wishes of the Enterprise and their many friends for a long happy married life.

Those from out of town who attended the reception were:

Mr. and Mrs. John Poppe, Mr. and Mrs. John Seif, Mr. and Mrs. Linus Prock, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Prock, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schoenherr and family, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Christopherson, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mundt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Dollase, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schwellenbach, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schwellenbach, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Schwellenbach, Dale Armitage, Bethel Asplin, Elden Weijohn, Florence Reil, Genevieve Linster, all of Neillsville; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Schmidt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Henchen, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie McConnell, all of Greenwood; Jim Schmeck and Gus Manthi of Fond du Lac; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schiller of Visala, Calif.; Mike Szerlong, Doctor Papierniak, R. Kenney, of Thorp; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fricky of Curtiss; Cathleen Biddle of Stanley; Mrs. George Biddle and family of Thorp.

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1937 Graduation Photo