BioA: Nickel, Mr./Mrs. Raymond (45th - 1976)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Nickel, Bartz, Krainz, Riedel, Dix, Faber

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/08/1976

Nickel, Mr./Mrs. Raymond (45th - 18 June 1976)

Friends and relatives attended the 45th wedding anniversary observance of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nickel of Granton on Sunday, June 27, when open house was held at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Granton, from 2 to 5 p.m.

The occasion was planned by the couple’s children, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nickel of Nekoosa, Mr. and Mrs. William Nickel of Chili and Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Mary Ann) Krainz of Willard. The Nickels have 13 grandchildren.

Mrs. Nickel was presented with a corsage of red sweetheart roses and her husband, a red rose boutonniere. Their two attendants, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Riedel, had flowers to match their attire. Mrs. Riedel is the former Elinore Nickel.

The tables were decorated with mixed flowers and a large anniversary cake baked and decorated by their daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Nickel.

The grandchildren presented a short program and Mrs. Helen Dix and Mrs. Mildred Faber sang and played their guitars, after which the Nickels’ eldest son, Donald, gave a prayer, in the absence of the pastor, who was on vacation.

The honored couple were married June 18, 1931, and then farmed on the groom’s parents’ farm for a number of years before purchasing the property. They retired, sold their farm and moved to the village of Granton in 1972.

Raymond Nickel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nickel, was born April 10, 1897, in Wauwatosa and came with his parents to the Town of Fremont farm which he and his wife later purchased. He was a member of the school board and an elder of the church for a number of years. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.

Mrs. Nickel, the former Ruth Bartz, was born January 8, 1906, to Mr. and Mrs. William Bartz in the Town of Fremont. She taught school near Greenwood, at Lynn and Granton for a number of years before her marriage.