The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-08-23
Evening Wedding
At Pandora Church

In a beautiful and impressive cere-
mony at o'clock Saturday evening
at the Grace Mennonite church, Pan
dora, Miss Stella Steiner, daughter
of Mrs. P. C. Steiner, became the
bride of Edgar Geiger, son of Lie
wellyn Geiger. The couple repeated
their vows in double ring ceremony
with Rev. Forrest Musser before an
altar banked with ferns, baskets of
white gladioli and tall candelabra.
The church pews were tied with
white ribbon bows and white snap
dragons.
Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Fran
els Marshall of Bluffton, cousin of
the bride, played at the organ "Pre-
lude" by Guilmont, "Call Me Thine
Own" by Halevy, Through Love To
Life" by Sibelius, and "Blest Be
the Tie That Binds. Mrs. George
Thomas, friend of the bride, sang 90
Promise Me" by DeKoven, "At Dawn
ing" by Cadman and Because" by
D'Hardelot. Miss Alice Jean Bixel
of Bluffton, cousin of the bride, play
ed on the violin ave Maria" by
Bach-Gounod, "Liebestraum" by List
and Romance" by Weiniawski. The
traditional wedding marches were
used. During the ceremony Mrs.
/, Marshall played softly after which
Mrs. Thomas sang 20 Perfect Love"
Miss Lillian Steiner of Detroit was
her sisters maid of honor. Brides
maids were Miss Selma Steiner of
Pandora, another sister of the bride,
and Miss Pauline Barton of Sunbury.
Harold Snyder of Lafayette, Rhode
Island, served as best man, and Rus
sell Suter and Herbert Hilty of Pan
dora, cousins of the bridegroom,
were the ushers. David Lee Steiner
of Sterling, nephew of the bride, was
the ring bearer, and the bride was
given in marriage by her eldest broth
er, Sidney Steiner.
The brides gown of shimmering
white satin was fashioned with a
fitted bodice, round neck line of mar
quisette trimmed with lace and seed
pearls, long sleeves tapering to points
and was fastened down the back with
row of tiny buttons. Her full skirt
terminated in a long train, and her
fingertip veil of net was held in
place with a tiara of orange bios
SONS. Her only ornament was a
single strand of pearls and her bou-
quet was of white roses.
The maid of honor was dressed in
pink frock fashioned with fitted
bodice of brocaded taffeta, a sweet
heart neck line, puffed sleeves and a
skirt of net over satin. The two
bridesmaids wore blue gowns fash
ioned the same as that of the maid
of honor. They carried colonial bou-
quets of summer flowers and wore
coronets of flowers in their hair.
Little David Lee Steiner, the ring
bearer, wore a suit of white and
carried the rings on a white satin
pillow. Mrs. Steiner, mother of the
bride, wore a dress of naby blue
with white accessories and a corsage
of gardenias.
After the ceremony, reception
was held at the home of the brides
mother for eighty-five guests. The
table was centered with a TERED
wedding cake and the dining room
was decorated with white gladioli
and white snap dragons. Miss Alice
Jean Bixel and Mrs. Francis Marsh
all played chamber music during the
reception.
After the reception the couple left
for weeks wedding trip. For trav-
cling the bride wore two piece suit
of American Beauty with black ac-
cessories and corsage of white
roses.
Mrs. Geiger is teacher in the
home economics department at Woos-
ter High school and Mr.. Geiger is in
government detached service at La
| fayette, r. |.