Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
.ASKOV GIRL WEBS
BUFFALO BANKER
Miss Ruth KilstOfte Becomes Wife .Oi
Mr.. Malcolm Lundsten at Sat.
urday Nights Service.

The Danish Lutheran church in
Askov was the scene of pretty we'd
ding ceremony Saturday night when
Miss Ruth Berntsen Kilstofte, third
oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. P. P.
Kilstofte of Askov, was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Malcolm Lester Lundsten,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Wilhelm
Lundsten of Excelsior.
To the strains of Lohengrin's we'd
ding march, and between rows of
lighted candles the bride marched to
the altar on the arm of her father
where waited the groom. The Rev.
A. E. Frost pronounced the sacred
words that joined the couple as man
and wife. Miss Charlotte Haugland
of Montevideo, was the bridesmaid
and Mr.. P. Van Landen of Wabasha,
was the best man while Mrs. P. Van
Landen was the matrOn of honor.
Little Carol Mae Kilstofte and Marcy
Andersen acted as flower girls.
After the ceremony the couple and
attendants left the church while the
organist played Mendelssohn's march
and while the candles on either side
seemed to point them to the world out
side and to happy life together.
The bride was born in Chicago and
came to the AskOv community while
quite young with her parents where
she received her education in the
Askov school from which institution
she graduated from high school. She
later attended the school of nursing
at the University of Minnesota from
which she also graduated. She was
at one time head nurse at the Buena
Vista sanatorium at Wabasha and was
recently, until the time of her we'd
ding, assistant head nurse at the Min
eral Springs sanatOrium at Cannon
Falls. Her parents are long residents
and prominent in AskOv where her
father has been active in helping to
build up a large construction business.
The groom is cashier of the First
National Bank in Buffalo of which
his father is president and during his
seven years there has done we'll in
/ business and has made a large circle
of friends who will congratulate him
upon this happy occasion. The groom
father is prominent and we'll known
in banking circles in Minnesota be-
ing interested in several banks in
various localities. At present he is
president of the bank in Buffalo and
operates the bank in Excelsior where
he makes his home. The oldest
brother of the groom, Donald, is a
bond salesman for several National
banks in Minnesota and the other
brother, Clifford, is in the lumber
business at Delano.
Dinner and Reception.
A dinner was given at the home of
the brides parents in Askov at 5
o'clock at which about 35 relative
guests were present and Immediately
following the ceremony a reception
was held at the same place when IS
friends and relatives made merry to
celebrate the event.
At about 1920 p. m. with we'll ar
ranged and secret plans the bride and
groom made their departure on a
any that remained. They will be at
home in Buffalo where the groom will
continue as cashier and manager of
| the bank.
Those from away who attended the
wedding ceremony, dinner and recep-
ton were, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Wilhelm
Lundsten of Excelsior, Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Lundsten, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Nelson Lundsten of Delano, Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Howard of Pipestone
(Mrs. Howard is a sister of the
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