BioM: Jensen, Karen A. (1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Jensen, Purcell, Henning, Schultz, Zillman, Matzke

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09 Jun 1976

Jensen, Karen A. (29 May 1976)

Nuptial vows were spoken by Karen A. Jensen, Chicago, and Edward J. Purcell, Evanston, Illinois, at the Christian Assembly of God Church in Wausau on Saturday, May 29, 1976.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Jensen, Abbotsford, and Edward J. Purcell, Sr., Evanston, Illinois, are parents of the couple.

The Rev. Earl Henning performed the 3 p.m. ceremony.

Mrs. Martin Schultz, Abbotsford, was soloist, and Mrs. Gordon Zillman, Wausau, was organist.

The bride wore an A-line country ivory lace over taffeta gown, complemented by a picture hat. She carried a cascade arrangement of white roses and blue baby’s breath.

Mary C. Matzke, matron of honor, De Pere, a friend of the bride, wore a blue gown trimmed with white. She carried a colonial bouquet of blue and white flowers.

A reception and dinner followed at the Holiday Inn in Wausau.

The bride, a 1970 Abbotsford High School graduate, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire in 1974. She is presently employed as a nurse clinician at Evanston Hospital in Evanston.

Purcell is a student majoring in architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

The couple will live in Chicago.