Verrips, Gary H. & Gladys Jane Abma (Marriage 1945)

VERRIPS, ABMA, BOMGAARS

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 11/4/2014 at 12:58:34

Sioux County Index
July 5, 1945

Abma-Verrips Nuptials Held At Sioux Center
Quiet Home Wedding Performed at 6:30 o’clock Friday evening at Peter Verrips Home.

In a quiet home wedding, which took place at 6:30 o’clock Friday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Verrips, Miss Gladys Jane Abma, daughter of Mrs. Hannah Abma, became the bride of Mr. Gary Henry Verrips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Verrips. Rev. Raymond Meengs officiated at the double ring ceremony in the presence of the immediate family of the bride and groom.

The bride wore a black crepe dress with lace trim and white accessories and she also wore a cameo, a gift from the groom, which he brought back with him on his recent return from Italy. The groom wore a brown business suit.

After the ceremony the bridal party enjoyed a two course wedding dinner with Mrs. Jake Boeyink and Mrs. Harold Boeyink as kitchen hostesses. The tables were beautifully decorated with lighted candles and a large bowl of roses. Special guest at the wedding dinner was the grandmother of the groom, Mrs. C. A. Bomgaars, of Middleburg, who is 85 years old and the only grandmother of the couple. Chief Mo.M.M. Arie Verrips, brother of the groom was unable to be present as he is serving in the South Pacific.

The groom returned home the past week after 35 months of overseas service, and was in the service more than four years. He has 12 battle stars and more than a hundred points so has been granted an honorable discharge from the Army. The newly weds have no definite plans for their immediate future.