Iowa
Old Press
Melrose Bell
Melrose, Monroe co. Iowa
January 4, 1923
Fitzgerald - Murray
A pretty wedding of the new year took place Tuesday when Miss
Regina Fitzgerald and Mr. Edmund J. Murray were united in
Marriage at st. Patrick's church at 7 o'clock. Rev. Father
McCormick officiating and celebrating the nuptial mass. The
bridal couple entered the church unattended. Miss Marie Murray,
sister
of the groom, and William Fitzgerald, brother of the bride, were
witnesses to the ceremony. Following the services at the church a
wedding dinner was served at the home of the brides mother, Mrs.
Mary Fitzgerald, to which the immediate relatives attended.
Mrs. Murray is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, was born and
grew to womanhood in this community, a young lady of may
accomplishments and a great favorite among a wide circle of young
friends. She is a graduate in music from St. Joseph's Academy,
Des Moines, and has been employed for some time
in giving music instructions with good success. The groom is the
oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Murray, a young man of good
education. He was with the marines in the world war. The happy
young couple left on No.4 Tuesday evening for Minneapolis where
the groom has employment with the civil service in the post
office department. The best wishes of their many friends are
extended to them for their future happiness and prosperity.
[transcribed by T.W., October 2005]