BioM: Bendickson, Donna Mae (1965)

Poster:  Betty Comstock

Email: betty@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bendickson, Vanderhoof, Midtgaard, Thoen, Gehrke   

------Source:  Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/26/1965

Bendickson, Donna Mae (14 AUG 1965)

Miss Donna Mae Bendickson and Robert Vanderhoof exchanged wedding vows at the Grace Lutheran church at Hanlontown, Iowa on August 14 at a double ring ceremony.  The Rev. H.E. Sutter officiated; and Mrs. Wayne Hall and Miss Marian Midtgaard were the vocalists and Miss Phyllis Leifson, violinist.  Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bendickson, Hanlontown, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Munson Vanderhoof, Sr., Loyal.

The bride wore the traditional white wedding dress.  Her bridal attendants were Miss Marian Midtgaard as maid of honor and Mrs. Robert Thoen, bridesmaid.

The groom chose Munson Vanderhoof Jr. as best man and Mr. Russell Gehrke, groomsman.

A reception was held at the church for the guests following the ceremony.

The bride is a graduate of Colorado State College, Greely, Colorado and taught three years in Lake Mills, Iowa and Austin, Minnesota.  She will teach first grade in Lake Crystal, Minnesota this fall.  The groom is a graduate of Wisconsin State College, La Crosse and taught for three years at Elkton, Minnesota.  The past year attended the Academic Year Institute at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.  He will teach in Janesville, Minnesota.

The couple will be making their home at Lake Crystal, Minnesota.