Surnames: Weix, Beschta, Gries, Miller, Budde, Welsch, Piszczek, Haider, Roller, Rosenmeier, Wick, Landmen, Hodgden, Oeshsner, Schraufnagel, Braun, McFarland, Pitterle, Seibel, Vick, Howard, Euper, Gibson, Firnstahl, Misslich, Mislich, Schauf, Umhoefer, Steinwand, Schwingle, Beyerl, Henkel, Meyer, Arends

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 11/23/1950

Weix, Mr./Mrs. John (50th Anniv. - 14 Nov. 1950)

Mr. and Mrs. John Weix celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on November 14th. The day’s festivities began at 9:00 A.M. with a special high mass at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. N. B. Beschta officiating. Dinner was served in St. Mary’s gymnasium at noon for members of the immediate families, relatives and friends.

The couple was married in Watertown on November 14th, 1900, and moved to a farm in the town of Hull where they resided until 1943 when they moved to the city of Colby, They have two children, Marzell Weix of Dorchester and Mrs. John (Delephine) Gries of Colby, Wis. Also one grand daughter, Mrs. Lester (Marcia) Miller and one great grandson, Russel Miller, of Abbotsford, Wis.

Guests at the celebration included Mr. and Mrs. John M. Budde, Miss Barbara Budde, Lawrence Budde, Leo Budde, Miss Harriet Welsch, Mr. and Mrs. H. Piszczek, Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Haider, Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin Roller, Mrs. Edith Rosenmeier, Beaver Dam; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Weix, Medford; Mrs. Warren Wick, Mrs. Albert Landmen, Larimore, N.D., Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hodgden, Weyauwega; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Oechsner Jr., Andrew Oechsner Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Linus Schraufnagel, Mayville,

Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schraufnagel, Glidden; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Weix, Curtiss; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Braun, Athens; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McFarland, Mrs. Norbert Pitterle, Oscar Seibel, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Vick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Euper, Mrs. Ella Gibson, Watertown; the Rev. George R. Budde, Eagle; the Rev. Gerald Budde, Hartford; Mrs. Celia Weix, Mrs. Joseph Weix, Antogi; Mrs. Lona Firnstahl, Wausau; Mrs. Theodore Misslich, Miss Mary M. Mislich, Mrs. Alvina Schauf, Richland Center; and Mrs. Emil Umhoefer, Marshfield.

Guests from here included the Rev. Fr. Beschta, Mrs. Amelia Weix, Miss Barbara Weix, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weix, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weix, Dr. F. A. Weix, Raymond Weix, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Umhoefer, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Weix, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Schraufnagel, Leonard Schraufnagel, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Steinwand, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Firnstahl, Miss Helen Schwingle, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Beyerl, Charles Henkel, Mr. and Mrs. William Meyer, John Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Arends.