Svoboda – Moudry Marriage 1916

SVOBODA, MOUDRY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/1/2021 at 14:12:45

Cresco Plain Dealer Sept. 22, 1916 P-1 C-1

Protivin Scene of Pretty Wedding

Charming simplicity in all its appointments distinguished the wedding of Miss Mary Moudry, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moudry, to James Svoboda son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Svoboda, at the Holy Trinity Church Tuesday, Sept. 12th, at 10 o’clock. Rev. R. Lakomy performed ceremony.
Quite a number of relatives and friends witnessed the ceremony and the pledges.
The bride was attended by Misses Bessie Lukes and Emma Skoda while the groom was attended by Frank Moudry and Leonard Snopek, who acted as best men.
The bride was attractively gowned in beautiful chiffon taffeta with veil crowned with orange blossoms. The groom wore a nice blue serge. The bridesmaids were also both beautifully gowned in Hawaii{a}n silk.
Following the ceremony, the newlyweds were greeted with the heartiest forms of congratulation from their relatives and friends at the bride’s home where an elaborate wedding dinner awaited them.
The home had been elaborately decorated for the occasion, pink and white being the color scheming the tables and environs every where showing the artistic skill of admiring friends and kin folk.
The bride is an educated young lady, having received her training at the St. Joseph’s Academy at New Hampton and is one of refined qualities, possessed with a charming and pleasing disposition which adds greatly to her scores of friends she has made.
The groom is a splendid fellow of many fine characteristics, Combined with a good education, being a graduate of the Waterloo Business College and having taught school for a number of years in Howard Co. He has also held several responsible positions.
They will soon move to the groom’s farm where they will go to housekeeping. The writer and their many friends extend all the good wishes that may journey in their matrimonial sea.