BioA: Coates, Mr./Mrs. John (43rd – 1969)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Coates, Theiler, Kahle, Winchell, Krackenberger, Prange, Buntrack

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 14 Aug 1969

Coates, Mr./Mrs. John (43rd – 5 AUG 1969)

Tuesday, August 5, 1969, Mr. and Mrs. John Coates of Colby (Clark Co., Wis.) celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary and Mr. Coates' 68th birthday.

Dinner guests at the Coates cottage at Pier Lake were Mrs. Myrtle Theiler, Mrs. Arthur Theiler and Jill, and Mrs. Donnie Kahle and Jeffery and Jay of Tomahawk.

In the evening, the neighbors gave them a surprise party. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Winchell and four grandsons, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Krackenberger, Herbert Prange, and Mrs. Doris Buntrack and five children, all of Tripoli.

An anniversary cake was made and decorated by Mrs. Winchell.