----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Wis.) 06/03/1926

Pederson, Fern (Marriage - 1 JUN 1926)

A very pretty wedding was solemnized Tuesday, June 1, 1926, at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, when Miss Fern Pederson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus A. Pederson, became the bride of Mr. Talbert Erickson, son of Wm. Erickson of Dundee, Iowa, Rev. J. W. Parker pronounced the ceremony in a most impressive manner, at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Velda Pederson acted as bridesmaid and the groom was attended by Mr. Phil Smith.

The bride was attired in a beautiful dress of white satin and lace with veil and coronet of pearls and carried a shower bouquet of roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid wore a dress of pink crepe de chine and also carried a bouquet of roses and lilies of the valley.

A wedding reception was held at the home of the bride's parents, the home being made beautiful with flowers for the occasion.

The newlyweds will make a wedding trip to points in Minnesota and Iowa, and after June 15th will be at home at Cedar Hedge Farm, at Marshfield.

Those from out of town who were here for the wedding were: Mrs. Morris Anderson and children, the Misses Alice Turrish, Jane Anderson, Verne Craig, Frances Ryskosgi, Evelyn Nichols, all of Stevens Point, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Chili, the latter a sister of the groom, Mr. Homer Smith of Marshfield and Vernon Smith of Loyal.

The bride had been employed as bookkeeper at the Woolrath store at Stevens Point for the past two years. She was reared to womanhood at Greenwood, Clark County, Wis. and is a graduate of the high school at that place.