Surnames: Rueden, Westphal, Malueg, Buss, Kliefoth, Baronsky, Lau, Schaefer, Bramucker, Laabs, Stelzel, Wallner

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 10/21/1943

Rueden, Olivia (Marriage - 16 Oct. 1943)

Miss Olivia Rueden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rueden, of Dorchester, exchanged wedding vows with Vernon Westphal, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Westphal, of Abbotsford, in a wedding ceremony performed in the Evangelical Lutheran church at Milan, Oct. 16, at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Emanuel Malueg officiated.

The bride wore a white satin gown, princess style, made with a shirred bodice and yoke with inserts of Alencon lace extending from the shoulders to the end of the long train, bordered with matching lace. A long lace-edged veil completed her attire and she carried pink and white roses.

The groom’s sister, Miss Esther Westphal, in an aqua colored frock made with a taffeta bodice and full ninon skirt and wearing a matching headdress and blusher veil and corsage of pink pompons and white roses was maid of honor. Miss Marilyn Rueden, sister of the bride, in a similar dress of pink lace and ninon with a corsage of roses and pompons pinned to her shoulder, was bridesmaid.

Robert Rueden, brother of the bride, and James Buss, of Abbotsford, attended the groom.

A reception and supper for 75 guests followed the ceremony and that evening a dance was held at the Jerkwater hall. Misses Marion Stelzel, Margaret ? and Shirley Olson waited on tables at the supper.

The young married couple is now at home to friends on the groom’s farm near Abbotsford, Wis.

Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Westphal, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kliefoth and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baronsky and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lau, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Schaefer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Westphal and Mr. and Mrs. August Westphal, all of Abbotsford; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bramucker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Laabs, Roy Stelzel, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stelzel, Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. William Westphal, Milan; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wallner, New London; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. *** Note: The remainder of this article was missing.