BioM: Vornholt, Ruth (1952)

Contact:: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Vornholt, James, Peterson 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 23, 1952 
 

Vornholt, Ruth (Marriage - 8 October 1952)  
 

Ruth Vornholt is Bride in California Wedding - Ruth Vornholt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Vornholt of Neillsville, has become the bride of Jesse M. James and will make her home in Los Angeles.  Her husband is in the employ of the Rick Helicopter Co.  He served with the army in Korea, and after his discharge was ground man for the Rick organization in Alaska. 
 

Ruth was graduated from the Neillsville High School and was trained as a nurse in Milwaukee and Chicago. 
 

The wedding took place October 8 at the Church of the Wayfarer at Carmel, Cal.  The bride was given by her uncle, Paul Vornholt, who served as a proxy for the bride’s father, Mark Vornholt.  The Bride was attended by Edith L. Peterson, who was a nurse with Ruth at the Portland County Hospital.  Following the ceremony an informal reception was held at the Paul Vornholt home atop Jacks Peak. 
 

The young husband is son of The Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. James of Crowell, Texas.