BioA: Rueden, Mr./Mrs. George (60th - 2010)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Gosar, Hoff, Judnic, Mueller, Olson, Rueden, Schaefer, Seefeld

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, September 8, 2010, page 19

George and Elaine Rueden, Spencer, formerly of Abbotsford, celebrated 60 years of marriage on Aug. 28 at Spencer Community Hall. The event was organized by their children with music by Duane Seefeld. 

The couple was married at St. John’s Catholic in Wuertzburg, with Fr. Mueller presiding. 

Attendants at the wedding were Bennie and Joyce Olson, Wausau, cousins of the bride.

George worked as a salesman for Berg Equipment in Marshfield and then he and Elaine operated the Coast to Coast store in Abbotsford for 26 years. 

Elaine (nee: Schaefer) was treasurer for the town of Holton for 16 years and worked as a carrier for the Marshfield News-Herald for 20 years.

The couple lived in Abbotsford for most of their married life until retirement, when they moved to Spencer. 

They retired in 2000, but still babysit the grandkids every day after school and all summer. 

There children are Cindy (Tony) Gosar, Greenwood; Cheryl (Gary) Judnic, Spencer; Mark (fiancée Corita) Rueden, Chippewa Falls; and Pamela Hoff, Spencer. 

The couple has eight grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.