BioM: Huckstead, Nancy (1963)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Huckstead, Nemitz, Murphy, Scott, Koehler

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) April 25, 1963

Huckstead, Nancy (Marriage - 20 April 1963)

The Rev. W. C. Koehler performed a double ring ceremony Saturday in the United Church of Christ here uniting in marriage Miss Nancy Huckstead of Waukesha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Huckstead of Neillsville, and Richard A. Nemitz, of Waukesha, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nemitz, of Neillsville.  The ceremony was followed by a reception in the church basement.

For her wedding the bride was attired in a long, white silk shantung sheath dress, styled with a long overskirt. Three-quarter length sleeves accented the fitted bodice.  Her fingertip veil cascaded from a crown of pearls. She carried a crescent bouquet of light green cymbidiums.

Miss Karen Huckstead of Madison, niece of the bride, was her maid-of-honor.  JoAnn Nemitz of Eau Claire, sister of the groom, served as bridesmaid.

The attendants wore short dresses of light green silk organza over taffeta, dyed to match their shoes.  Their skirts were fashioned with A-line, tucked at the side and held in place with a fabric rose. Their bouquets consisted of orchid and white cymbidiums.

Robert Nemitz of Bloomer attended his cousin as best man. Another cousin, Herbert Nemitz of Neillsville, was groomsman. Ushers were William Nemitz of Bloomer, another cousin, and C. Howard Murphy of Montgomery, Minn., brother-in-law of the bride.

Nuptial music was played by an aunt of the bride, Mrs. Jess W. (Dorothy) Scott.

The bride a graduate of Neillsville High School is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and has been county home agent in Waukesha County.  Mr. Nemitz is a graduate of Neillsville High School and a graduate of the DeVry Institute of Technology of Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Nemitz are making their home at 731 John St. Waukesha.