BioM: Carlson, Edith Elizabeth (1955)

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Surnames: Carlson, Jeske, Hinke, Schwartz, Lange, Preston, Behnke, Kringle, Marx, Kersten, Kaatz, Wood, Lehmann, Rowlands, Gauerke, Rankl, Pokrant 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/28/1955  
 

Carlson, Edith Elizabeth (Marriage - 23 Apr. 1955) 
 

Pvt. And Mrs. Le Roy Jeske left Monday to return to Turlock, California. Their wedding took place Saturday, April 23, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Carlson, Route 1, Abbotsford. Beautiful potted plants of the bride’s mother and a bouquet of pink and white snapdragons made the setting for the ceremony. 
 

The wedding vows were exchanged between Edith Elizabeth Carlson and LeRoy Jeske at 1:00 o’clock with C. V. Hinke, justice of peace, officiating. 
 

The bride was attired in a white rayon shantung street length dress. The Peter Pan collar was trimmed with daisies of lace with rhinestone decorative buttons down the front. A corsage of garnet roses provided an accent to her ensemble. Attending the couple were the bride’s sister and brother, Miss Ruth Carlson and David Carlson, Abbotsford. 
 

The maid of honor selected a dress similar in material to the bride’s with blue figurations on white background. Red garnet roses and feathered carnations were combined in her shoulder corsage. 
 

The mother of the bride wore an ice blue lace dress and the groom’s mother wore one of cream rayon acetate. Their corsages were made of pink carnations. 
 

About 130 relatives and friends greeted the bridal couple at the reception which was held from 2:00 until 5:00 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents. 
 

Guests included the immediate families of both, hers from Abbotsford, and his from Abrams, near Green Bay; his grand mother, Mrs. Anna Jeske, Black Creek; Mrs. John Schwartz, Ed and Selma, of Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Lange and Misses Irene and Delores Preston, Black Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Behnke and family, Cecil; Augusta Behnke, of Clintonville; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schwartz and family and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Carlson and family, Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kringle and family, Appleton; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jeske and family, Larson; Mr. and Mrs. Art Behnke and family, Fairchild; Mrs. Walter Marx, Shiocton; Anton and Gerald Carlson, Madison; 
 

Misses Shirley and Betty Kersten and Lorraine Kaatz, Wausau; Misses Lois and Eileen Wood, Elmwood; Clyde Carlson and Mr. and Mrs. Al Carlson, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lehmann and family, Menomonie; Mr. and Mrs. Edwyn Rowlands, Pardeeville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gauerke and son, Athens; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Gauerke and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Rankl, Abbotsford; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Carlson and family, Curtiss; and Robert Pokrant, Rockton, Ill. 
 

Also in attendance were numerous friends from the Dorchester, Abbotsford and Colby areas. 
 

The bride, who is a graduate of the Abbotsford high school, class of 1954, is employed at the home of Dr. James Collins. Pvt. Jeske will leave May 16 for Alaska for an 18 months tour of duty and Mrs. Jeske plans to join him when she is permitted. Mr. Jeske is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jeske, of Abrams, Wisconsin.