Bio: Da Mert, Marjorie Joan (1953)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Da Mert, Lau, Gust, Moss, Knoble, Lehman, Galstad, Schewe 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) May 28, 1953 
 

Da Mert, Marjorie Joan (Marriage - 23 May 1953) 
 

Miss Marjorie Joan Da Mert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Da Mert of Neillsville, and Arthur Lau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lau of Stratford, were married Saturday, May 23, at 2:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Neillsville with the Rev. Alfred Schewe performing the double ring ceremony.  The church was decorated with white gladioli, ferns and candles. 
 

The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a dress that featured a bodice of Chantilly lace with long sleeves that came to a point over her wrists with a double net skirt over white taffeta.  A Juliet lace cap trimmed in white pearls and a fingertip veil completed her gown. 
 

Miss Audrey Da Mert acted as her sister’s maid of honor and wore a yellow dress.  Miss Phyllis Gust, Stratford, and Mrs. Bruce Knoble were her bridesmaids and were dressed in orchid and green respectively.  Rhinestone necklaces and earrings were gifts of the bride to her attendants. 
 

Forest Moss of Stratford, the groom’s nephew, was his best man.  Leonard Da Mert, Footville and Bruce Knoble, Marshfield, were groomsmen.  The ushers were David Da Mert, Neillsville, and Robert Lau, Milwaukee. 
 

The organist was Victor Lehman, with Wilfred Galstad singing. 
 

The reception for approximately 175 persons was held at the American Legion Hall in Neillsville. 
 

The young couple left on a wedding trip to the Black Hills and other points in the West and will be at home after June 1 on the farm of the groom at Stratford.  
 

The bride received her education in the Neillsville schools and for the past three years has been employed as bookkeeper for United Shoe Co. of Marshfield.  The groom was graduated from the Stratford High School and has spent his entire life farming. 
 

Guests at the wedding were from Marshfield, Arpin, Wisconsin Rapids, Merrill, Chicago, Milwaukee, Stratford, Portage, Kaukauna, Colby and Janesville.