BioA: Turnquist, Mr./Mrs. Adolph #2 (Gold - 1953)

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Surnames: Turnquist, Hendrickson, Davis, Gustafson, Axelson, Tell, Bertz, Felix, Campbell, Brey

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 18 Jun 1953

Turnquist, Mr./Mrs. Adolph (Gold - 3 JUN 1953)

On Sunday, May 31, 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Turnquist celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at Our Savior's Lutheran Church parlors. June 3rd was the date, but it was celebrated earlier because of guests attending.

On June 3, 1903 Adolph Turnquist and Julia Hendrickson were united in marriage at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hendrickson by the Rev. M.E. Church. The attendants, were Sophia Hendrickson, a half-sister of Mrs. Turnquist, now Mrs. Sophia Davis of Charleston, Wash., and David Gustafson, deceased. Mrs. Davis was present at the celebration this year.

Mr. Turnquist was born in Sweden on June 13, 1872 and Mrs. Turnquist was born in Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) on Feb. 19, 1881. They have four daughters, Mrs. Erick (Helen) Axelson, Chicago; Mrs. Paul (Vera) tell, Palatine, Ill.; Mrs. Jerome (Ruth) Bertz, Loyal, and Mrs. John (Verdelle) Felix, Greenwood, and four grandchildren, William and Paula Tell and Douglas and Bruce Felix.

The Turnquists have resided in and around Greenwood since their marriage and for 28 years on the same farm northeast of here.

A dinner was served at Our Savior's Lutheran Church here. A three-tiered wedding cake with white icing and gold flowers centered the couple's table. A bouquet of yellow roses a gift of Mrs. Turnquist's sister, Mrs. Helen Campbell of Lewiston, Idaho, and a bouquet of yellow carnations and white snapdragons, a gift of the grandchildren, also decorated the tables.

The couple received a purse of money and many gifts, cards and five telegrams, one from Stan and Ida Brey of Australia.

Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Dale Anderson and Howard, Fred Buss, Mrs. Erck Lund, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Anderson, sons Steve and Danny, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. John Power, all of Marinette; Mrs. Lansing Wilcox and Archie, Mrs. Myrtle Anderson of Cadott; Mr. and Mrs. Erick Axelson, Miss Eleanor, Knowles, Mrs. Lillian Konrath, Mrs. And Mrs. Conrad Carlson and Donald, Oscar Pearson, Mrs. Selma Gustafson, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tell and William and Paula of Palatine, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Meyer, David and Kathleen, Cameron; Mrs. Ollie Johnson, Wausau; Helmar Hembre, La Cross; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ludwickson and grandchildren, Maureen Manly and Larry Serreau, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Bragstad, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Johnson, Andy and DeAnette, Humbird; Mrs. Marge Stewart, Mrs. Viola Woengerberg of Walla Walla, Wash.; Mrs. Sophia Davis, Clarkston, Wash.; Mrs. Mary Danielson and Arndt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haupt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Sigrid Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Bertz, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Crowley and family of Chippewa Falls; Mrs. Esther Peterson, Mrs. Annie Dyre, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hegenbarth, Mrs. Adolph Meyer, Mrs. Anna Larson, Mrs. Palmer Kolbo, Marganne, Gene and Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Behrens and Cheryl, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hendrickson, Mr. and Harold Hendrickson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hendrickson and family, Mrs. Anna Elmer and Donald, Mrs. Stella Kricker and Glen, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wuethrich, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Krogsness, Mrs. Josie Hubble, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quast, Mrs. Amanda Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Elmer, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Finkle, Mrs. Gerald Jolivette, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Verhulst, Harold and Courtney, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Turnquist and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Turnquist and family, Mrs. Mila Herdrich, Rev. and Mrs. Magnus Egge, Mrs. Delmond Johnson, Karen and Michael, Mrs. Leonard Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Rossow, Mr. and Mrs. John Felix, Douglas and Bruce, Marin Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gruenke and family, and William Rossow, all of Greenwood.           

 

 


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