BioM: Grimm, Alline Joyce (1959)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Grimm, Trachte, Torbist, Forbisch, Erpenbach, Vandenbergen, Koehler, Smith

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 6, 1959

Grimm, Alline Joyce (Marriage - 25 July 1959)

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold A. Trachte, newlyweds, will make their home in Wisconsin Rapids following their return from a wedding trip into northern Wisconsin.

Mrs. Trachte, the former Alline Joyce Grimm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grimm of Stratford, will teach first grade in the Irving School.

The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Trachte of Rt. 1 Neillsville, will continue his studies at Stevens Point State College, where he is majoring in chemistry.

The young couple was married July 25, in the First Presbyterian Church in Stratford by the Rev. Wallace Smith.

The bride, attired in a bridal gown of silk bombazine styled in empire effect which flared into a princess skirt, was given in marriage by her father.

Her matron-of-honor was a sister, Mrs. Thomas Torbist of Marshfield, Miss Bernice Trachte, sister of the groom, was a bridesmaid.

Tom Forbisch of Marshfield acted as bestman, and groomsmen was Donald Erpenbach of Neillsville. Tom Vandenbergen and James Koehler were ushers.

A reception was held in the church immediately following the ceremony.

The groom attended Neillsville High School, and is a member of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity at Stevens Point College.  His bride is a graduate of Stratford high and Stevens Point College, and has been employed in a bank in Marshfield.