BioA: Haas, Mr./Mrs. William J. Sr. (Gold – 1968)
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Surnames: Haas, Scheelk, Radtke, Christopherson, Skwarski, Wussow, Harder,
Leonhardt, Fandre, Chuben, Schultz, Huckbody, Baumgartner
----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11 Jul 1968
Haas, Mr./Mrs. William J. Sr. (Gold – 23 Oct 1968)
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Haas Sr. of rural Unity chose July 4, 1968 to observe
the year of their 50th wedding anniversary. The 25th wedding anniversary of
their oldest daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Skwarski of
Chicago, Ill., was celebrated also.
Family, relatives and friends gathered at the home of a son, Mr. and Mrs.
William Haas Jr. for the afternoon and evening. The reception began at 2 p.m.
with guests signing a guest book.
The dinner was served at 4:30 p.m. with tables set for the anniversary couples
and their original wedding party members. Buffet style dinner was served to
approximately 200 guests. Gold, silver and white bells and streamers decorated
the large building. A three-tier white cake with gold roses on, baked and
trimmed by a daughter, Mrs. Bruce Wussow, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. George Haas,
and a large decorated chocolate cake with blue roses on given by a daughter,
Mrs. Donald Harder, were the table centerpieces.
Early wedding photographs and a gold-sprayed pin bough with snapshots of the
forty-seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren was on a table for gifts
to be placed upon. A money purse was given by the children.
Dancing in the evening was provided by the Derbytown Boys of Curtiss. A midnight
lunch followed with the serving of the anniversary cakes.
Mrs. Haas wore a beige sheath dress with a corsage of yellow rose and
gold-tipped carnations. Mrs. Skwarski chose a light blue dress and had a corsage
of blue-tipped carnations. Matching boutonnieres and corsages were won by the
husbands and attendants.
Mr. Haas and the former Edna Scheelk were married on Oct. 23, 1918, at the home
of her parents, by the late Pastor T.E. Diemer of Stratford. Their attendants,
who were all present for this occasion, were Mrs. Richard (Emma) Radtke, Wausau,
a sister of Mrs. Haas, Mrs. Mentor Christopherson of Austin, Minn., a distant
relatives, Fred Leonhardt of Dorchester, a friend, and Martin Fandre, Edgar, a
friend. Elmer Haas represented his sister's wedding party.
Mr. and Mrs. Haas began farming on the farm where he was born and raised in the
town of Mayville (Clark Co., Wis.). In 1923 they moved to a farm in the town of
Deer Creek and then in 1940 moved to the present farm, from which they retired
in 1961 to their home adjoining the farm.
The couple was blessed with 11 children, all of whom are still living. The four
sons are Arthur, George and William Jr. of rural Unity, and Elmer of Colby. The
daughters are the following: Mrs. William (Rose) Skwarski of Chicago, Ill., Mrs.
Edward (Helen) Chuben of Lincolnwood, Ill., Mrs. Jerome (Elaine) Schultz of
Colby, Mrs. Howard (Ella) Huckbody of Wausau, Mrs. Harold (Myrtle) Baumgartner
of Cook, Minn., Mrs. Bruce (Doris) Wussow of Edgar, and Mrs. Donald (Irene)
Harder of Stetsonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Haas are members of the Zion Lutheran Church of Colby, where Mrs.
Haas is active in Ladies Aid and the Missionary League. Gardening and canning
are among her hobbies, and Mr. Haas still helps out on his sons' farms.
Guests came from Wis. Rapids, New Lisbon, Oshkosh, Marshfield, Janesville,
Racine, Wausau, Granite Heights, Abbotsford, Colby, Edgar, Fenwood, Unity and
Black Creek, Mt. Morris, Mich., Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Ia., California,
Belleville and Wabeno.
A grandson, Randy Schultz, who recently joined the army at Fort Campbell, Ky.,
and a granddaughter, Joyce Haas, Washington, D.C., could not be present.
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