BioA: Toburen, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin (40th - 1978)

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

Surnames: Toburen, Kirn, Kuester, Goger, Humke, Lindner, Luther, Mattes, Noah, Liebzeit, Fravert, Schmidt, Franzmeier, Bell, Ziegler, Lonning, Mitte, Dillenbeck, Wegner, Dus, Boie, Borchardt, Vanderhyden, Gosse, Karpinske, Olson, Weix, Hedler, Micke, Ebert, Wehrman, Timmler, Velcheck, Boehnen, Kasper, Wiltgen, Reineking, Vollrath, Rose, Hecker, Wesner, Reinke, Zeller, Schrank, Dill, Shavers, Jones

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/02/1978

Toburen, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin (40th – 20 October 1978)

Erwin and LaVerne Toburen of Greenwood were honored Saturday, October 21, in observance of their 40th wedding anniversary. Their son, Delmain and his wife, Carole, hosted the surprise celebration, which was held at the Legion Hall in Greenwood. Included in the meat that was served was a cake, decorated by Margaret and Denise Dillenbeck.

The dinner prayer was given by the four grandchildren. Following the meal and opening of their gifts, many danced to the music of Mary Ann and Donna, Willard. During the evening, a birthday cake was given to Donna Kirn by the Delmain Toburen family in honor of her birthday on this day.

The entire original wedding party was present for the occasion including Delmar Toburen, Greenwood, Lawrence Kuester, St. Louis, Mo; Delores (Toburen) Goger, Chicago; Lorena (Humke) Lindner, Greenwood, and Eldora Luther, Merrill. A mock wedding was performed by Don Mattes, Thorp; Mrs. Elmer Noah, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Humke and Harry Liebzeit, all of Greenwood.

LaVerne is the daughter of the late Albert and Ella (Kuester) Fravert, and Erwin is the son of the late William and Anna (Schmidt) Toburen. They were married October 20, 1938, at the home farm, Rt. 2 Greenwood, by the Rev. Paul Franzmeier. They are parents of one child, a son, Delmain, and have four grandchildren, Mark, David, Bobbi Lynn and Jana Lynn.

They operated a farm for 31 years, at Rt. 2 Greenwood, where Delmain and family now reside. In 1969, they moved to the city of Greenwood, where they are presently residing.

Over 230 friends and relatives attended the event. Several were from the Greenwood area. Those from out of town included: Mr./Mrs. Bob Bell & family, Mr./Mrs. Alvin Ziegler, Mr./Mrs. Gale Lonning, Julie Mitte and Mr./Mrs. Bob Dillenbeck, of Neillsville; Mr./Mrs. Ed Wegner, Granton; Mr./Mrs. Steve Dus. Mr./Mrs. Harvey Boie, Mr./Mrs. Phillip Mattes., Sr., Donald Mattes, Julie Borchardt and Margaret Vanderhyden, of Thorp; Mr./Mrs. Sherman Gosse, Mr./Mrs. Ed Karpinske and Mr./Mrs. Delmond Olson & family, Owen; Mr./Mrs. Lawrence Weix, Abbotsford; Mr./Mrs. Leo Hedler and Mr./Mrs. Bill Micke, of Stanley; Mr./Mrs. Alvin Fravert, Mr./Mrs. Dennis Fravert, Norma Ebert, Mr./Mrs. Albert Wehrman, Mr./Mrs. Art Fravert and Mr./Mrs. Fred Timmler, of Loyal; Celia Velcheck, Stevens Point.

Estelle Fravert, Mr./Mrs. Ken Boehnen and Mr./Mrs. Norm Kasper, of Spencer; Mr./Mrs. Norman Reineking, Colby; Mr. Dennis Wiltgen & family, Marshfield. Mr./Mrs. Dale Vollrath, Sandy Liebzeit and Marvin Rose, of Green Bay; Mr./Mrs. Carl Hecker and Mr./Mrs. Alfred Wesner, of Newton; Edna Reinke, Cleveland; Mr./Mrs. Rudy Zeller & Brent, Cochrane; Mr./Mrs. Ed Schmidt, Alma; Priscilla Schrank, Manitowoc; Karen Toburen, Onalaska; Mr./Mrs. Jim Dillenbeck, La Crosse; Mr./Mrs. Roger Dillenbeck, Eau Claire; Mr./Mrs. Ray Toburen, Wausau; Eldora Luther, Merrill; Gottlieb Dill, Milwaukee; Lawrence Kuester, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr./Mrs. Hank Dill, Evanston, Ill.; Mr./Mrs. Roy Shavers, Waukegan, Ill.; Delores Goger and Mr./Mrs. Tom Jones & family, of Chicago; and Mr./Mrs. Allen Fravert & family, Plainview, Mn.