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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1957
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial lists its address at 3711 Elgin Iowa and notes it is published each Thursday by Strauch and Hermen. It records entry as second class mail matter from Sept 1 1891 at Elgin Post Office, Fayette County Iowa.
Miss Joann Gisleson and Gerald Winter were married in a May 19 ceremony at Marion Lutheran Church Gander with Rev. Bruce Boyce officiating. The reception for about 375 guests followed in the church parlors as families and friends celebrated the union.
Verna Skaaren presided at the guest book and a large list of out of town guests attended from St Olaf Elkader Postville West Union Clermont Decorah Quelweis n Eldorado Cedar Rapids Wadena Maynard Hawkeye Dubuque Sumner Waucoma Luana Monona Parkersburg Des Moines and Spring Grove Minn. Corrine Rypestol Carol Winter Gretchen and Elaine Groth Sandra Kjosa Yvonne West arranged gifts while waitresses included Nona Mark Sheila Clark Sandra Anderson Sara Larson and Sandra Etter. After a wedding trip the couple will live on a farm near West Union. Mrs Winter is an Elgin High School graduate and worked at Interstate Power Co West Union. Mr Winter is a West Union High School graduate and served four years in the air force.
Shirley Marting and Roger Holm wed at St Pauls Lutheran Church on May 19 in Monona. The ceremony featured orchid and white decor, a nylon net gown with Mandarin neckline, maid of honor Mary Lou Marting, bridesmaids in orchid taffeta, and a reception for about 250 guests with a five tier cake.
The ceremony featured a lace cloth cake table with candelabra and orchid candles. Attendants included Patti Pederson, Mrs. Carl Houg Jr, Joan Weir, Olganida Ziegler, Jenny Hoffner, Eloise Turner, Donna Kessel, Mary Miller and Shirley Norman. The bride, a Monona Farmersburg graduate, worked at Square D Cedar Rapids. groom, Elkader alum, Navy veteran, now at Square D. They will reside in Fort Wayne, where he will study electronics.
Miss Sara Ann Ogle and Duane A Strong wed at the Hlyria Community Church near Elgin in a candlelight ceremony. Attendants included siblings of the bride and groom, with a two hundred fifty guest reception and a two week honeymoon to the east. Both families are Elgin High School alumni. the couple will live on a farm near Elgin after honeymooning.
Wilhelmina Augusta Marks born in Germany on Oct 18 1869 came to the U S in 1886 and married Henry Topp in Sumner in 1888. Surviving children Otto Topp Dubuque Ernest Topp Cedar Falls and Henrietta Barton Cardiff Calif. Husband died Apr 14 1933. They moved to Elgin in 1906 from West Union. She died May 22 1957 after living in County Hospital. Funeral Friday May 24 at Muehlethaler with Rev H John Vanderbeck. interment Elgin cemetery.
Mrs Salome Miller stays at the home of Mrs Pauline Pet rat z while John Durscher was a caller there on Monday in Elgin Local News.
A montage of social visits and family gatherings across Monroe Platteville Dubuque Elkader McGregor and Waterloo Wisconsin and Iowa. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Milton Miller Mrs Pauline Petratz Mrs Ada Matthys Mr and Mrs Duane Pinney Diane and Brian Roger Jenseik Sharon Pinney LeeEtta Rob and family from Rochester.
Char A Erickson serves as commissioner chair for Highland Two, overseeing district affairs and community initiatives with an emphasis on local infrastructure and public services.
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