Surnames: Perman, Speich, Nerbun, Maass

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 04/08/1948

Perman, Katherine E. (8 APR 1948)

Given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Ed Maass of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), Miss Katherine E. Perman became the bride of John D. Speich this morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenwood.

The Rev. John Novak read the nuptial service for the daughter of Mrs. Julia Perman, Greenwood, and Mrs. Speich, also resides in Greenwood.

The bride’s sister, Miss Margaret Perman, was maid of honor and her brother, Victor Perman, served as best man. The wedding party also included another sister of the bride, Mrs. Robert C. Nerbun, Menominee, Mich., bridesmaid. The bridegroom’s brother, Robert Speich, groomsman, and the bride’s niece, Kathleen Maass, Greenwood, was flower girl.

The bride was gowned in white slipper satin fashioned with long sleeves, a high neckline, and a lace-edged peplum which formed a long train. Her fingertip veil, also lace-edged, fell from a beaded pearl headdress. She carried a bouquet of calla lilies and a small pearl rosary.

Her attendants wore gowns of moiré taffeta, styled with cap sleeves and short peplums. Miss Perman was dressed in yellow and the bridesmaid in blue. They carried colonial bouquets of spring flowers which accented the color of their gowns.

The flower girl wore a white dotted Swiss formal and a white floral headdress. She carried a small colonial bouquet of mixed spring flowers.

After the ceremony breakfast was served tot eh bridal party at the home of the bride’s mother and a noon dinner was served there.

Mrs. Joe Gregorich was hostess at a prenuptial shower given at the Perman home Tuesday afternoon.

The bride is a graduate of the Greenwood High School and St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Chicago. She is now employed at the Clark County Hospital, Owen. Mr. Speich, a veteran of three years service in the Army, is engaged in farming with his father.

After a wedding trip to northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, the couple will reside at the home of the bride’s mother.