BioM: Powell, Susan (1957)

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Surnames: Powell, Klune, Walsh, Fisher, Hoffman, Thiel, Hidde, Schuchart, Abel, Pues, Brandley, Horvat, Krainz, Tolaney

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 21 Feb 1957

Powell, Susan (9 FEB 1957)

On Saturday, Feb. 9, 1957, at St. Rose's Catholic Church, Clintonville, Wis., Miss Susan Powell, daughter of Mrs. Lloyd Hidde, Clintonville, and John Powell, Menasha, became the bride of Edward J. Klune, Appleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klune, Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.). Rev. Father J. Murphy was celebrant of the 10:30 a.m. nuptial Mass and double ring ceremony. The Junior choir sang the Mass.

As the bride approached the altar on the arm of her father, she was attired in a floor length gown of tulle and lace over satin, designed with a fitted bodice and long pointed sleeves. The tulle yoke and cowl neckline were detailed with rosettes of iridescent sequins. Lace and tiny seed pearls trimmed the tulle half hat, to which was attached a fingertip veil. She carried a cascade arrangement of blue carnations centered with two white orchids.

Miss Jeanne Walsh, a friend, as maid of honor, wore a blue chapel length frock of Chantilly lace over taffeta. The fitted bodice featured a velvet yoke and cowl neckline. Her bouquet was of yellow and white carnations. The bride presented her attendants with pearl earrings as gifts.

The bridesmaids were Miss Jeanne Fisher and Miss Joanne Hoffman, friends, and Mrs. Bruce Thiel, Greenwood, sister of the groom. They wore dresses of cotillion blue styled the same as the maid of honor, and carried bouquets of yellow and white carnations.

Kathy Hidde, sister of the bride, was flower girl. Her dress was styled similarly to that of the bride, and she carried a bouquet of white gladioli and blue carnations.

Richard Schuchart, a friend, was best man, and the groomsmen were Raymond Klune, brother of the groom, Les Abel, a friend, and Bruce Thiel, brother-in-law of the groom.

The ushers were David Pues, cousin of the bride, and Ned Brandley, a friend of the couple.

The bride's mother wore a beige lace dress with a bwon jacket and a corsage of yellow and white carnations.

Mrs. Klune, mother of the groom, wore a navy blue taffeta dress with a corsage of red roses and white carnations. The groom's grandmother, Mrs. Johanna Horvat, Greenwood, wore a dark green dress with green accessories and a corsage of red roses and white carnations.

Club Vida was the setting for the dinner at which places for 65 guests were set. About 300 guests were greeted by he newlyweds during the reception.

Prior to her marriage the bride, a graduate of the Clintonville High School, was employed as typist for the Aid Association of Lutherans in Clintonville. Her husband, who holds diplomas from Greenwood High School and the University of Wisconsin, is an accountant for Schumacker and Derschild in Appleton, where they have gone to housekeeping at 46 1/2 Sherman Place.

Guests attending the wedding were from New London, Appleton, Kimberly, Neenah, Menasha, and Manawa. Those from Greenwood were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klune, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Theirl and Sandra, Mrs. Johanna Horvat and Miss Betty Horvat, and from Willard there were Mr. and Mrs. Val Krainz, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tolaney, and daughter, Joanne, and Mr. and Mrs. John Horvat.