Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-06-29
PREUS-JENsEN WEDDING
Popular Couple Married at Calmar
Last Wednesday.


The following particulars of the
wedding of a popular young couple
is taken from the Calmar Courier:
Wednesday, June %, the marriage
of Miss Lucille Preus, the daughter
of Rev. ]. w. Preus, of Calmar, to
Mr.. Joseph A. Jensen, of Wilmot, S.
D., was solemnized in the Calmar
Lutheran church at 600 p. m. The
wedding service was read by the
brides father, the pastor of said
church.
The wedding march Lohengrin's
was sung by an octette of young
ladies of the church, as the bridal
party entered the church, and proceed
ed to the altar. The bride wore a
gown of white chiffon and veil of
white silk tulle with pear circlet
about the crown of it. She carried
a shower bouquet of white bridal
roses. The maid of honor, Miss
Linka Kvaase, the brides cousin, of
Chicago, H., wore lavender organ
dy gown, carrying pink roses. The
brides maids, Miss Edna Jensen, the
groom's sister, and Miss Marie
Sperati of DEBORAH, wore respectively
a pink and blue organdy and Nile
green silk dress with corsage boz
quets of roses and sweet peas.
The flower girl, Louise Nelson, of
Calmar, dressed in white organdy
and had a basket of tea roses, from
which she scattered petals before
the bride. The sisters of the bride,
Agnes and Elizabeth acted as ribbon
bearers, each holding basket of
mixed flowers.
After the reading of the service
Mrs. Victor Becker rendered vocal
solo accompanied by Miss Emma
Olson, who presided at the organ.
The church was Hastily decorated
in pink and white trimmings of
fresh green fern leaves. Similar
decorations, in the same general col
or scheme, were used at the Calmar
Hotel where the wedding dinner was
served, as well as at the home.
After the service in the church
which was witnessed by large
audience, the bridal party with
thirty guests, the immediate family
and relatives were served a most
bountiful dinner at the Calmar Hotel.
Upon the conclusion of few plea
SAINT hours of banqueting, all adj
journed to the parsonage of Rev.
Preus, where the balance of the
evening was spent in congenial Wis
iting and sociability. AT 3:45 a. m.
the bridal couple left via Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, and Wilmot, S. d., for
Tacoma, Wash, where they will re-
side, Mr.. Jensen entering into bus
mess there.
Relatives and friends who were
present at the occasion were: Mr..
Milton Jensen, the groom's brother,
who acted as best man; Rev. H. A.
Preus, of Chicago, H.; Rev. ]. H.
Preus, of Strum, Wis; o. H. preus,
of Minneapolis, all brothers of the
bride; Rev. H. p. Nordby of Abbots-
ford, Wis; Rev. and Mrs. Carl Preus
with two daughters, Margaret and
Linka, of Byron, Mimi; Mrs. c. X.
Preus and Henriette Preus of Decor
ah; Rev. /. B. Torrison and daugh-
ter Esther; Mr.. Donald Haugen and
Mrs. Jennie Dale, of DEBORAH; Rev.
Paul Koren and sisters Henriette
and Marie of Washington Prairie;
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nelson of Cal
mar, Nora .Forde of DeForest, Wis.,;
and Christian Preus of Calmar, as
well as the members of the bridal
party and brides parents, Rev.
and Mrs. j. w. Preus.
A large and varied assortment of
beautiful wedding gifts were sent
and given to the newly weds.
Rev. and Mrs. ]. w. Preus wish
hereby to express their most sim
cere gratitude to all from far and
near who offered of their time and
energy and good will to make this
wedding such a happy occasion.