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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1946
Page
3
A flurry of nuptials at Holy Rosary and St. George churches bind several couples. Miss Carol Minton wed Anthony Chiappetta in a lilies and ferns ceremony. Miss Kathryn Sullivan and Robert Janisky wed at St. Mark's with white wool suits. Miss Julie Pfeiffer and Allan Goff tied vows at St. George amid family and guests from across states.
In ceremonies at St Peter's and St Mark's churches two local weddings mark the day. John P Patasius and bride celebrate nuptials at St Peter's with a 9 o'clock mass and Niagara Falls honeymoon plans. Barbara Elizabeth Snowhook weds Robert Scholey at St Mark's with a high mass and ornate floral decor.
Miss Josephine Sepanski daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sepanski 1104 Washington Road married Al Secanky of 1841 Mead Street Racine in a St Casimir church service attended by relatives. Rev Leo Kierstein read the nuptial. bridesmaids and best man named. dinner for 40 followed at Cage Thomson. reception planned at Penguin club. The couple will honeymoon at Lake Lawn and reside in Racine where the groom works at Webster Co. She previously worked at Cooper’s.
Miss Catherine Marie Schenning and Harold William Bennett, both from local families, were married at 8 am mass by Rev. Harold J. O Connor at Holy Name church Wilmot. The ceremony featured daisies peonies and ferns with the couple departing for a northern Wisconsin honeymoon and a home in Sturtevant after two weeks.
Mr and Mrs Bennie Artander Hagen announced their Milwaukee life plan after a morning wedding at St Peters rectory. The bride Miss Ann Alice Digris wore pale pink with white accessories and rose corsage. Attendant Miss Merial Davis of Chicago. Best man Clifford Hagen. Wedding breakfast followed by dinners. couple to reside in Milwaukee after a Canada trip. He works for A O Smith. she previously at a Milwaukee hosiery mill.
At an 8 o'clock mass at St Anthony s church Rev Michael Dutko united Merle May Lavenduskey and Ralph Monnier in marriage. The ceremony featured palm and peony decor and a Colonial bouquet procession. The couple and families held a reception at the Macwhyte clubrooms for 200 guests before a Wisconsin Dells honeymoon and future home at 5545 Twenty fourth avenue.
The Finks celebrate 50 years since their 1896 Kenosha marriage with a First Methodist Comradeship class reception at the church attended by about 150 friends. L. R. Fink, once proprietor of the Fink laundry, and Alice Cook Fink taught in Kenosha schools. their home is 6016 Nineteenth Ave. They have a daughter Dorothy Maxwell, a son Howard, and three grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs Frank Lavenduskey of 2613 Twenty fourth Avenue are connected to the Moriarty Company while her husband’s parents at 5025 Twenty seventh Avenue live nearby and he works at Macwhytes.
Miss Esther Orville Kreuser became the bride of John E. Glebs at St James church at 9 AM with Rev James E Cotter officiating. The ceremony featured Ave Maria sung by Mrs Ida Gaffney and a white satin dress with lace and orange blossoms. The couple plans a reception and a future in Racine after a northern Wisconsin honeymoon. Mr Glebs is an accountant and a WW II veteran.
The Kenosha Social Group No 40 sponsors a Sunday picnic at Washington bowl with refreshments music and games for all. If rain arrives the event moves to Polonia hall for continued festivities.
The daughter of Frances Wis newski and Anthony Slosar is married to the son of Valentine Badura, highlighting familial connections in a local social note.
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