BioM: Lemke, Sandra (1967)

Contact: Audrey Roedl

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Surnames: Lemke, Pratz

----Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 02 Feb 1967

Lemke, Sandra (28 January 1967)

Miss Sandra Lee Lemke, route 1, Loyal and Bruce Allen Pratz, route 2, Rhinelander exchanged wedding vows at Trinity Lutheran Church, Loyal, on January 28 at 2 p.m. The Rev. A. M. Moldenhauer officiated.

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lemke, route 1, Loyal and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pratz, route 2, Rhinelander.

The bride was given in marriage by her father appeared before a altar adorned with two white mum plants. She was seen in a white gown with a sweetheart neckline decorated with seed pearls and sequins; the bodice of chantilly lace with panels of chantilly lace over a hoop skirt which was of organza over net with a train. Her rosette crown net veil as trimmed with seed pearls and sequins. The bride’s bouquet consisted of one dozen pink roses surrounded by white carnations.

Miss Bobbi Dietrich, Rockford, Illinois as the maid of honer; and Miss Barbara Lemke, Loyal was the bridesmaid.

The aides wore floor-length pink silk organza over taffeta gowns with a controlled skirt and fitted bodice and embroidered front and scoop neckline. They carried nosegays of pink carnations surrounded by miniature white mums.

Mr. Donald Nitzel, Eagle River served as best man and Mr. Mike Baxter, Wausau as groomsman. Ushers were Mr. Donald Stover, Good Thunder, Minnesota; and Mr. David Nitzel, Eagle River.

Wedding events included a dinner held at the Church Fellowship Hall at4:30 p.m. followed by a wedding reception from 8-12 at the Star Lodge.

The bride graduated from Loyal High in 1965, and attended WSU at Stevens Point. Her husband graduated from Three Lakes High School in 1965 and is a student at WSU at Stevens Point.

The couple will make their home at Stevens Point.

Guests attending the wedding came from Herscher, Peotone, and Rockford, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Good Thunder and Minneapolis, Minnesota; Madison, Stevens Point, Janesville, Green Bay, Amherst, Wausau, Marshfield, Neillsville, Greenwood, West Bend, Loyal and Chili.