Steele - Kauffman Marriage 1939

STEELE, KAUFFMAN, SEIDEL

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 4/16/2004 at 22:27:08

"Luvenia Steele Is Married Today to Wilmer Kauffman.

Luvenia E. Steele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steele, Columbus Junction, and Wilmer J. Kauffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kauffman, Washington, were married at 8:30 this morning at St. Joseph's church in East Pleasant Plain.

Rev. E. P. Seidel performed the ceremony, and the couple's attendants were Helen and Edward Kauffman, sister and brother of the bridegroom.

The bride was attired in a white floor length dress with a waist length veil, and her attendant wore a dress of blue lace with accessories of white.

The parents of both bride and bridegroom, as well as a number of friends, attended the wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman will live with the bridegroom's parents on a farm on Washington route 2. The bridegroom is engaged in farming with his father."

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"Miss Steele and Wilmer Kauffman Wed on Thursday.

East Pleasant Plain, Ia. - - Luvenia Steele, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steele of Columbus Junction, and Wilmer Kauffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kauffman, Washington, were married Thursday, June 29, in St. Joseph's church, East Pleasant Plan, with the Rev. E. P. Seidel performing the ceremony and celebrating the nuptial Mass.

The attendants were Helen and Edward Kauffman, sister and brother of the groom."

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Source: Newspaper clippings (no name) with handwritten note of "June 29, 1939" in possession of Debbie Nash, first cousin twice removed of Wilmer Kauffman.