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LIFE~rrMr.and Mrs* Franz Joseph Wyss Celebrate Their Marriage Anniversary With Reunions Service and Family Gathering at MarlonTownship Home.FRANZ JOSEPH W¥S$MRS. ANNA MARIE WYSS.Sixty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Franz Joseph-Wyss were married in Switzerland. Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Wyss, who are widlt;*ly known residents of MarionHtownship, celebrated the anniversary, which fell on June 11, with appropriate ceremony and a family gatheVing at their home, surrounded by their sons and daughters, grandchildren and many loyal friends.Aside from the family gathering at the Wyss homestead the great interest of the family and of neighborhood friends centered in the religious observance of the anniversary at St. Joseph’s church, of which all the family have been devoted membprs for many years. The celebration of thee nuptial mass began at 9 o’clock with Rev. Max Benzinger, celebrant; Rev. Michael Aichinger, deacon, and Rev. C. H. Thiele, sub-deacon. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers, palms and ferns. At the entrance to the sanctuary there was an arch of flowers, smilax and white chiffon. The guests were seated by four ushers, Frank Wyss, Frank Herber, Francis and George Wyss. The master of ceremonies was Andrew Wyss. The entrance of the bridal party was v^ry impressive and beautiful. All attendants were grandchildren of M-aim Mrs. Wyss. The ushers led the procession. Four flower girls, Gertrude Wyss, Lillian Hacke, Cecile Hoffman and Florence Wy*js and the maid of honor, Alice Wyss, formed a diamond as they walked. Misses Alice and Gertrude W^ss carried ropes of flowers. which “they handed to George Wyss and Frank Herber *nd they attached the flower ropes to the arch. Miss Lottie Wyss was the bridesmaid and with her walked the bride of sixty years. Clem Wyss was the “best man” and he supported the aged bridegroom. All the girls in the bridal party wore white dresses and hats. The choir of the church sang. After the religious service the bridal party left the church, walking four . abreast. The bride and groom, with; the maid of honor and the groomsman, led the procession and the ushers and flower girls followed. The entire bridal party received communion. At the Wyss home the wedding breakfast was served at noon. From one hundred and fifty to two hundred guests were present, the greater number beti^g relatives. Thefactthegranddaughters of the bridal party grandchildren.waited upon the table at the breakfast. The ropes of flowers used in the church service were a decoration it ^¥lie table, where were seated the bride and groom and thir sons and daughters, and the bouquets of flowers carried by the maid of honor and the bridesmaid were also a decoration of the bridal \table. The rooms were trimmed with smilax, f rns and gardm flowers.Mrs. Wyss was Anna Marfe Zuberbefore her marriage. Their weddingday was the fortieth anniversary ofMr. Wyss' parents and had thatbeen recalled a little earlier recent marriage of a granddaughter, Clara Wyss, daughter of County Commissioner John Wyss, to Nicholas Seiler, would have been arranged for the anniversary date. That would have made the Seiler-Wyss nuptials on the one-hundredth wedding anniversary of the bride’s great grandparents.Mr. and Mrs. Wyss were born in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, Mr. Wyss on May 11, 1826, and Mrs. Wy6s on Feb. 11, 1831. They came to America two years after their marriage and lived for short time in Paulding county, O. Then Mr. Wyss pitrchased eighty acres of farmland in Marion township and they have lived there ever since. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wyss are truly pioneer citizens. In thelj; early days in the county these hard working and progressive citizens ensured with cheerful spirit the hardships of pioneerlife. They were obliged to travel three I miles over rough roads to sell their grain at a mill at_ William^poxt and butter ahd eggs had to be taken nine miles to reach this city, /bften Mrs. Wyss made that trip with a basket of produce on one arm and a child in the other. Mr. Wyss was one of the farmers who assisted In the building of the Pennsylvania railroad. There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wyss eleven children, of whom two died in infancy and the son, Gerhart, a few years ago. The surviving children are Franz, jr., John, the county commissioner; Nicholas, of Marion township; Mrs. George Hacke,- of Smith street; Philip, £he building inspector; William P., a farmer who lives with his parents; Mrs. Fred Herber, of Pleasant township, and Mrs. Frank Hoffman, of Marion township. There are 'sixty-four
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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 15, 1910
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