Merritt, Melvin & Miss Hazel Parker (Wedding 1917)

MERRITT, PARKER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/12/2007 at 12:53:36

LeMars Sentinel
May 11, 1917

Miss Hazel Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Parker, of this city, and Melvin P. Merritt, of Sioux Falls, S.D., were the principals in a quiet wedding which took place in Sioux City on Monday, May 7, at the residence of Rev. H.E. Hutchinson, pastor of the Methodist church, who performed the ceremony. The only witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Parker, parents of the bride. The wedding was a quiet affair on account of recent bereavement in the Parker family.

The bride is a popular young woman who has made her home here for several years and has been engaged in teaching school with success.

The bridegroom is employed with the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha Railway Company. He is a member of Company D, Fourth, South Dakota guards, and expects to be called out for service with his regiment at any moment. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt will make their home in Sioux Falls and left for that place on Tuesday evening.

SENEY: (from the same newspaper)

Miss Hazel Parker, former teacher in the school here, was married last Monday to Melvin Merritt, of Parker, South Dakota.