BioA: Koehler, Mr./Mrs. Edgar (1964)

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Surnames: Koehler, Wragge, Empey

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 26 Nov 1964

Koehler, Mr./Mrs. Edgar (19 NOV 1964)

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Koehler of route 1, Abbotsford, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Friday evening, Nov. 20, 1964 at the village hall, where between 75 and 100 friends and neighbors gathered to mark the occasion.

The beautifully decorated cake which centered the table was a gift from the children and grandchildren.

Dorothy Wragge and Edgar Koehler were married at Pierce, Neb., Nov. 19, 1939. They farmed there until eight years ago, Nov. 29, when they moved to a farm in the town of Holton (Marathon Co., Wis.)

Mr. and Mrs. Koehler are both active members of Christ Lutheran Church at Abbotsford. Mr. Koehler is servign as an elder in the church and Mrs. Koehler is one of the Sunday school teachers and also a member of the Priscilla Guild.

Mrs. Koehler is active in the Rosedale Homemakers Club and is currently president of that group.

The Koehlers have three children: Mrs. Larry (Diane) Empey, route 1, Abbotsford; Gary, who attends Wis. State University at Eau Claire, and Rickey, at home. They also have two grandchildren, Lori Ann and Paul Empey.

Here for the celebration and the weekend were two of Mrs. Koehler's brothers and sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Wragge and Mr. and Mrs. James Wragge of Pierce, Neb.