BioM: Lewandowski, Patricia Mae (1955)

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Surnames: Lewandowski, Davel, Voelker, Fay, Raab

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   09/08/1955

Lewandowski, Patricia Mae (27 AUG 1955)

A wedding trip to northern Wisconsin followed the 10 o’clock wedding Saturday morning, Aug. 27, 1955, of Patricia Mae Lewandowski and Ronald L. Davel at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Appleton.  The Rev. Wilbert Staudenmeier officiated.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lewandowski of Menasha wore a white floor length dress of lace and nylon net over satin, with a high Peter Pan collar and long waisted bodice.  Her fingertip veil of illusion was secured to a small white headpiece.  Her bridal bouquet was white gardenias and stephanotis.

Maid of honor was Juliann Davel, Loyal, sister of the groom.  Mrs. Al Voelker, Menasha, was the bridesmaid, and the bride’s sister, Judy Lewandowski, Menasha, the junior bridesmaid.  Shrimp colored crystalette fashioned the floor length gowns of the bridal aides.  The gowns were styled with long waistlines and the bouquets were white asters and pompons.

Ronald Fay, Milwaukee, was best man for the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davel, Loyal, James Lewandowski, Menasha, brother of the bride, served as groomsman.  Joe Lewandowski, Menasha, brother of the bride, and Leland Raab, Berlin, a cousin of the groom, ushered.

A dinner at 12 o’clock and a reception from 2 to 4 were both given in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, with open house at 6:30 at the home of the bride.

The bride is a graduate of the Menasha High School and holds a B.A. degree from Carthage College, Carthage, Ill.  She teaches seventh grad English and general science in the Menasha Junior High School.  The groom is a graduate of the Loyal High School.  He received his B.A. degree from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.  He served in the U.S. marines for two years, one of which was in Korea.  He is employed as a salesman for the Merchant Calculations, Inc., in Oshkosh.

Mrs. Lewandowski attended her daughter’s wedding in a dress of forest green Dacron, and the groom’s mother wore an aqua dress.

The new Mr. and Mrs. Davel will live on R.R. 1, Menasha, Long Beach.

Among the guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davel and daughter, Juliann, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davel, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davel, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fahey, Stanley’ Mr. and Mrs. Glen Shupe, Spencer; Miss Shirley Shupe, Neenah; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Raab, Berlin; Mrs. Willard Ziemendorf, Wis. Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Al Phair, Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Scot Canney, Algoma; and Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Krawczyk, Pulaski; with others from Greenwood, Neillsville, Marshfield, Milwaukee, Lombard, Ill., St. Louis, Mo., Minneapolis, Minn., and Baltimore, Md.