BioM: Allen, Barbara (1958)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Nelson, Allen, Crubel, Knoll, Priboda 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 10/30/1958 
 

Allen, Barbara (Marriage - 25 Oct. 1958) 
 

A single ring ceremony was used in the exchange of marriage vows between Miss Barbara Allen and Robert Nelson, Saturday morning, before the 9:30 nuptial high mass in Holy Rosary Catholic church, Owen. The Rev. Hubert Crubel was the officiating clergyman. 
 

Parents of the bridal couple are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen, of Owen, and Mrs. Ben Nelson, of Denver, Colorado. 
 

Attending the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Knoll of Stratford, brother-in-law and sister of the bride. 
 

For her wedding, the bride wore a waltz length gown of antique peau de soi, lined with pellon. The fitted bodice had a sweetheart neckline trimmed with Alencon lace, embroidered with iridescent sequins. Her elbow length veil of English silk was secured to a silk peau de soi profile hat. She carried a colonial bouquet of white mums. 
 

Her matron of honor wore an empire styled gown of iridescent leaf green taffeta. Her head dress was a pleated tulle bandeau on velvet entwined with seed pearls. She carried a colonial bouquet of bronze mums. 
 

Mrs. Allen wore a black moiré, taffeta dress with white trim, accented with a shoulder corsage of white mums. She wore a white hat with black velvet trim. 
 

Mrs. Mary Priboda, Marathon, maternal grand mother of the bride, wore a wine dress and a corsage of white mums. 
 

A reception and dinner were held in the church dining room. 
 

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will make their home in Denver, where the groom is employed in government work. The bride is a graduate of St. Mary’s School of Nursing, Wausau.