Where did you get married?
Mom and Dad, of course, wanted me to come home to Trinity Lutheran in Waubun. I had this dream of being married in Sundown Lutheran Church where my parents had been married 30 years before. It was situated through the woods from my Grandma’s farm. There was a well-worn path that Mother and her family had walked to and from that church over a long span of years. (There is a story that baby Mom had run over to the church and down the aisle during a service with only a diaper on.) Another reason I wanted to be married there was that all my relatives lived close by and it wasn’t more than 100 miles from Ray’s people at Dawson. So it was decided the wedding should be there.
What was your wedding like?
Long before the wedding the bridesmaids and I went shopping at the Paris Shop in Redwood Fall. I chose a lace and tulle dress with a train. It had long sleeves, a beautiful neckline and insets of lace in the tulle skirt. My veil was kept in place by a pearl crown. My two bridesmaids wore gowns of spring green. The maid of honor wore a matching gown of pink. My only jewelry was a string of pearls that Ray gave me. I wore those same pearls on our 50th anniversary.
The day was sunny and hot. There was a strong breeze and good cross ventilation with the open windows. It made it tolerable in the church packed with 200 people. For flowers, I had gotten big baskets and we filled them with spirea from a friend’s yard and snowballs from the place where Great grandma’s house had stood. The all whiteness against the spring colors of the attendant’s dresses was a wonderful contrast. The men had tuxedos of black pants and white jackets. I had ferns and pink bows on each pew. My brothers were ushers and of course my dad gave me away. The pastor from my home church came down to perform the ceremony.
