Wedding Anniversary Announcements & Reporting
Compiled and transcribed by Michael R. Reilly
Updated 04/20/2005
Lake Five – Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Loew celebratedtheir silver wedding anniversary Sunday. Waukesha Freeman, Thursday, December22, 1910
Golden Wedding – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hawes
A half century of married life of Mr. and Mrs.Fred Hawes was celebrated at their beautiful farm home in the village ofTempleton, Wis., Oct. 16th, surrounded by their children and their families. Thedining and living rooms were decorated with yellow chrysanthemums, the weddingcake was trimmed with yellow; and the bride’s cake had fifty orange blossomsupon it. Favors were tiny yellow baskets, each containing an orange blossom.Place cards were also yellow.
From 3 to 5 o’clock friends and neighborscalled to offer congratulations. The Ladies Aid of the M. E. church, of whichMrs. Hawes has been a member for more than thirty years, and president for manyyears, presented her with ten dollars in gold. The children’s gift to theirparents was $100 in gold.
Mr. Hawes came to this country from Germany at the age of 14years, and with his parents, settled on a small farm south of Waukesha, laterpurchasing a large farm near Baraboo, where the parents lived many years,passing on at the advanced ages of 89 and 94 years respectively.
Mrs. Hawes, nee Sophia Von Walters, was also born in Germany,coming to Waukesha at the age of 18 years. The long and tedious journey provedtoo much for her parents, the father dying three days after arriving in Waukeshaand the mother following to the Great Beyond in two weeks’ time. Many were thetrials and heartaches of this family of two brothers and three sisters bereft ina strange country.
Mr. Hawes marriage to Sophia Von Walters occurred inWaukesha, Oct. 16, 1870. They went directly to Chicago where Mr. Hawes foundemployment in his uncle’s coal yards remaining five years. Returning, Mr. Hawespurchased land where part of the village of Templeton now stands. As his familybecame larger and with several growing boys he became a tenant on the late Wm.Weaver’s farm. Here the family remained nineteen years and from this home thechildren one by one went out into homes of their own. Mr. Hawes later built onhis remaining 26 acres in the village, managing this farm himself and making ita model of neatness and thriftiness. He and his wife are spending theirdeclining years in peace and plenty.
Ten children were born to this worthycouple, all of whom are living and all were present at the golden wedding, butone son, Walter, the great distance and his work preventing. The sons anddaughters are: Mary, wife of W. H. Kramer, bookkeeper at the General MotorsWorks, Janesville; William, proprietor of Meadowbrook farm, Pewaukee, whomarried Miss Irene Edwards; Lewis, proprietor of Highland View farm, Lisbon, andwho married Miss Ida Ochempa; Lydia, widow of the late Lewis Schock, East Troy;Caroline, widow of the late Dr. J. D. Lee, Menomonie, who made the supremesacrifice in the recent war; Fred Jr., , superintendent of an electrical craneplant in Huntington, Ind., whose wife, formerly Miss Maud McCasen, passed onOct. 9th at her home in Huntington, leaving her husband, two children and anaged father and mother of Plainville, Wis.; Walter, professor of chemistry inSpokane High School, at Spokane, Wash., unmarried; Elmer, salesman for the LaCrosse Plow Works, who married Miss Beulah Faust; Luella, wife of VictorHammond, a steel structural engineer, employed by the government at Newark, N.J.; Martha, wife of Edward Carmiff, employed as conductor on the N. W. R. R..The grandchildren are; Harvey and Howard Hawes, Gladys, Delores and MauriceKramer, Shirley and Fred Hawes, III. Boyd and June Carmiff.
Their ten sons and daughters have all beensuccessful in chosen line of work and as they gathered at this fiftiethanniversary they became as little children, the mother gathering them intodinner and after singing the Doxology, each one took his or her place at thetable as they did when children.
On Sunday the family again gathered together at Meadowbrookfarm when the day passed quietly. As the evening shadows began to fall alljoined in singing, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” and alldeparted to their homes to resume their various duties in life.
Irene Edward Hawes
Waukesha Freeman, Thursday, October 21, 1920
Mrs. Hilger, who is spending some time with the Ernest Temperofamily, celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary with members of her family onFriday evening and Sunday. Waukesha Freeman, February, 14, 1940
About forty relatives and friends enjoyed a delightful eveningon Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lingelbach that being their 25th weddinganniversary. The home was prettily decorated with bouquets of garden flowers,and silver bells and sprays of bridal wreath hung from the light fixture in thedining and living rooms. An interesting program was planned and carried out bythe nieces and nephews of Mr. and Mrs. Lingelbach. It included songs by thegroup, games, readings, also a mock wedding, Tom Thumb style, was put on by byseveral of the smaller nieces and nephews. One of the nephews from Stone Bankput on an Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy act, having manufactured his ownCharlie which he has named Blockhead. Arnold Koehler of Waukesha gave a veryamusing chalk talk featuring married life history of the honored couple. Theevening’s entertainment was begun with a wedding procession through the diningroom to the front room to the strains of a wedding march played by Mrs.Bertleson of Stone Bank. First in line was a junior bridesmaid, the smalldaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lingelbach of Merton; then came Miss MetaLingelbach, the bridesmaid of 25 years ago, followed by the bride and groom.Several of the young women sang a few appropriate songs for the occasion.Delicious refreshments were served late in the the evening. Mr. and Mrs.Lingelbach received many nice gifts in honor off the occasion.
The following guests were present; Frank Flanagan and family, Oconomowoc; Mrs.Grace and family, Stone Bank; Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson, Stone Bank; Mr. andMrs. Arnold Koehler, Waukesha; Charles Lingelbach and Miss Meta Lingelbach; Mr.and Mrs. Will Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeffery; Mr. and Mrs. Burt Harris andfamily; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grogan; Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Marx; and Mr. and Mrs.Fred Radtke, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kraetsch, all of this vicinity; Mr. and Mrs.Ralph Lingelbach and family, Merton; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Minor from nearMilwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Weeks, Lisbon; and Mr. and Mrs. George Lees,Sussex. Waukesha Freeman, June 19, 1940
On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. George Lees celebrated theirtwenty-fifth wedding anniversary by keeping an open house for friends to call.Between 45 and 50 guests called to congratulate them. They were the recipientsof many beautiful bouquets of garden flowers and other more substantial gifts.They were assisted in receiving by their daughter, Miss Evelyn, and son, Elton,and Mr. and Mrs. John Morrissey of Footville. Waukesha Freeman, June 26, 1940
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Howard, Mr. and Mrs. William Zillmer andfamily, Mr. and Mrs. Cutler Savage and family attended the sixty-second weddinganniversary of Mrs. Howard’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. White, Waukesha, onSunday. About 50 relatives, including children, grandchildren, andgreat-grandchildren, were present.
Mr. and Mrs. White were married on August 29, 1878, in the Methodist parsonagein this village by the Rev. Greenway, then pastor of the Sussex and Brookfieldchurches. The home in which the Erwin Marx family now live was the parsonage atthat time. Mr. White is 83 and his wife is 80 years old. Waukesha Freeman,September 4, 1940
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Harris will celebrate their 25th weddinganniversary on Saturday evening. Waukesha Freeman, October 30, 1940
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Harris celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their homeon Saturday evening by entertaining about 35 relatives and friends. Mrs. ChesterLingelbach arranged a program which included group singing, readings by MissMarlon Harris and Mrs. Charles Jeffery, vocal solos, God Bless America andPlaymates by Pauline Pax. A mock wedding was staged with Dawn Marsden as brideand Lynes Marsden as groom. The little bride wore a part of Mrs. Harris’ weddinggown. Ray Schmidt, the parson, wore an old coat from the Harris family. LittlePauline Pax made a cute little brdesmaid.
The Harris home was prettily decorated with bouquets of yellow chrysanthemumsand white and silver bells. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were presented with anassortment of lovely gifts. A lunch, including two three-tier wedding cakes, wasserved. On Sunday more friends came to extend congratulations to the bride andgroom of 25 years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stone, daughters, Lorraine and Beulah, andConnie Anstey of Hartland, attended the fifth wedding anniversary celebration ofMr. and Mrs. David Kazmerchak in Milwaukee on Saturday evening. Mrs. Kazmerchakis the former Ruby Stone. Waukesha Freeman, December 11, 1940
Mr. and Mrs. William Metzger, Sr. Celebrated their 52ndwedding anniversary by entertaining their children and grandchildren at theirhome on Sunday. Dinner was served at 6 p.m. with about 35 guests present.Waukesha Freeman, December 18, 1940
Charles Jeffery 20th anniversary. Waukesha Freeman, December18, 1940