Surnames: Block, Bittner, Weller, Brandner, Springer, Frischmann

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/20/1943

Block, Otillie (Marriage - 17 May 1943)

Miss Otillie Block, Stetsonville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frischmann, Medford, exchanged wedding vows with Edward Bittner, Dorchester, son of Mrs. Mary Bittner, of Abbotsford, in a nuptial service read by the Rev. J. T. Weller, in St. Louis’ Catholic church, at Dorchester, May 17, at 9:00 o’clock.

Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brandner, Miss Rosella Block, and Reinhold Springer.

The bride was attired in a white slipper satin frock trimmed with silk lace insertions and made with a sweetheart neckline and a buttoned down back. She carried a white prayer book and a white net poke bonnet completed her costume. Both Mrs. Brandner and Miss Block wore lace trimmed blue silk sheer dresses and carried bouquets of roses and carnations.

Immediate relatives and the bridal party were entertained at both dinner and supper at the Henry Oelke home, decorated with pink and blue streamers and white wedding bells. In the evening a wedding dance was held in the Recreation hall at Dorchester, Wis.

Mr. and Mrs. Bittner will reside on the groom’s farm northeast of Dorchester, Wis. Mrs. Bittner, previous to her marriage, had been operator of a grocery store at Wausau for 15 years.