BioM: Barnaske, Marjorie A. (1955)

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Surnames: Barnaske, Leinwander, McDonell, Petke, Draemer, Jaeckel, Meinhardt

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 11/17/1955

Barnaske, Marjorie A. (NOV 1955)

The marriage of Miss Marjorie Ann Barnaske, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Barnaske, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), to James A. Leinwander, Marshfield, took place at 9 o’clock in the morning at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church.  Fr. H. L. Crubel officiated at the ceremony.

Immediately after the ceremony, a breakfast was served at the home of Mary Meinhardt, Owen, aunt of the bride.

The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, carried a white orchid over a prayer book.  She chose a white floor length crystalette over silk taffeta gown.  The fitted bodice had tapering wrist length sleeves and a portrait necklace edged in a cuff of tulle with a scallop motif re-embroidered in iridescents and seed pearls.  The gathered skirt fell in soft bouffance over a loop.  A sculptured crown of imported sequins and seed pearls held her fingertip veil of silk illusion.

Mrs. Noella McDonell, Chippewa Falls, the bride’s aunt, was matron of honor.  She wore a gold taffeta gown fashioned in ballerina length with a tucked Bertha collar and full circle skirt with a matching hair braid bandeau.  Her flowers were round nosegays of large bronze and white mums surrounded by yellow and white mums.

Miss Mary Lou Petke of Withee sore a gown styled identical to that of the maid of honor in emerald green.

The groom wore a navy blue suit.

Thomas Kraemer of Marshfield was best man and wore a navy blue suit.  Groomsman was Glen Jaeckel, also of Marshfield.

A reception was held at the Woodland Hotel, Owen.  The couple then left for Terre Haute, Ind.

The bride’s mother chose a navy blue crepe dress and white accessories for her daughter’s wedding.  She had a corsage of fall pompoms and carnations.  The groom’s mtoehr wore a rose crepe dress and her corsage was of fall pompoms and carnations.

The bride is a graduate of Owen High School and graduated from St. Joseph’s School of Nursing at Marshfield in 1953.  The groom is a graduate of Marshfield Senior High School and the University of Wisconsin.  He is a chemical engineer and employed at the Chas Pfizer & Co., Inc. at Terre Haute, Ind.

When the couple left on their wedding trip the bride was wearing a two piece white knit dress with black accessories.  They will live at 940 South 5^th St., Terre Haute, Ind.

Guests attending the wedding were from Chippewa Falls, Rice Lake, Wis. Rapids, Withee, Owen, Marshfield, Madison and Wausau.