BioM: Larson, Oveida (1945)

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Surnames: Larson, Stanley, Buessow, Terrell

----Source: Humbird Enterprise (Humbird, Clark Co., Wis.) 01/12/1946

Larson, Oveida (29 DEC 1945)

Miss Oveida Larson, daughter of Mrs. Lena Larson of Fairchild, became the bride of Mr. Willard Stanley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stanley, in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fairchild, at 2:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon, Dec. 29, 1945.  Rev. Janke performed the double ring ceremony.

Lawrence Kattke played the nuptial music.  Mrs. Harold Thur sang "I Love You Truly" and "The Lord’s Prayer" during the service.  She was accompanied by Miss Ellen Emanuel.

The bride, given in marriage by her brother Lyle, wore a gown of white ninon over satin, with a long train.  Her lace shoulder veil fell from a beaded tiara.  She carried a shower bouquet of pink roses.  Her only jewelry was a gold cross.

The matron of honor was the bride’s sister, Mrs. Harold Buessow, who wore a floor length gown of blue taffeta.  Miss Fern Stanley, sister of the groom, wore a gown of pink net over satin.  Each carried a colonial bouquet and wore a band of white chrysanthemums in her hair.  Each wore a gold locket.

Lorraine Terrell, nice of the bride, was flower girl, dressed in a floor length gown of white satin.  She carried a colonial bouquet.  She wore a gold locket.

The groom’s attendants were Harold Buessow, brother-in-law of the bride, and Marvin Larson, brother of the bride, and Gaylord Stanley, brother of the groom.

The bride’s mother wore a black dress with a corsage of pink chrysanthemums.  The groom’s mother wore  a navy blue dress with a corsage of yellow chrysanthemums.

After the ceremony a wedding supper was served to the bridal party at the home of the groom.  A wedding dance was held in the evening at the Humbird Town Hall.

The bride graduated from the Fairchild High School and has been employed by the National Pressure Co. in Eau Claire for the past two years.  The groom was graduated from the Humbird High School and was recently discharged from the army, having served two years overseas.