BioA: Roewe, Mr./Mrs. Charles (Gold – 1968)

Transcriber: Pam Harders - posted4u@charter.net 

Surnames: Roewe, Miller, Streckert

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 16 May 1968

Roewe, Mr./Mrs. Charles (Gold – 11 MAY 1968)

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roewe, Colby, observed the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage Saturday, May 11, 1968. At their farm home west of Colby (Clark Co., Wis.).

Charles Roewe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Roewe, was born June 8, 1892 at Oconto, Wis., and his wife, formerly Norma Miller, was born December 7, 1898, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller in Manitowoc County.

The couple was united in marriage on May 11, 1918, in the Lutheran church at Oconto, with Rev. Isenbach officiating at the ceremony. Their attendants were the groom's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roewe, Oconto.

Following their marriage, the couple made their home in Wausau for eight years, where they were chief cooks for various lumber camps and road crews. From this work they moved to their present location, three miles west of Colby, and have farmed there for 42 years. They are parents of one son, Vilas, at home.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Roewe are in fair health and his hobby has always been cooking. Her hobbies include baking, sewing and needlework.

On Sunday they drove to Crandon to visit her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Streckert, and other relatives and friends.