Robert + HUESKE, Diane Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married WITTKOP, Bonnie Jane on 7 Nov 1959 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Bonnie (daughter of WITTKOP, Clarence G and GOERSS, Hilda Anna) was born on 12 Sep 1942 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 12 Sep 2010 in Hickory, Catawba County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News

In a double ring ceremony
Nov. 7 in St. Mark's
E v a n g e l i c a l Lutheran
Church, Miss Bonnie Jane
Wittkop became the bride
of Carl John Hoffmeister.
The Rev. Loren J. Shiley officiated
for the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Wittkop, 227 Linwood
Ave., and the son of Mrs.
Bernhardt C. Hoffmeister, 192
Fredericka St., and the late Mr.
Hoffmeister.
The bride wore a gown of Chantilly
lace over blush pink tulle designed
with a sweetheart neckline
and long sleeves. A pearl-trimmed
tiara held her blush pink veil and
she carried a prayer book covered
with a white orchid and snowdrift
pompons.
Miss Carol Voelker, maid of
honor, wore a forest green ballerina
length dress made with a
velvet bodice and taffeta skirt.
She carried a bouquet of yellow
chrysanthemums and pompons.
The bridesmaid, Miss Faye Wittkop,
wore an identical costume in
dusty rose and carried y e l l ow
chrysanthemums and b r o n ze
pompons.
Lyle Hoffmeister was best man.
David Werth and Mark Hoffmeister
were ushers.
The bride's mother wore a beige
lace over taffeta dress. The
bridegroom's mother chose a navy
blue over light blue silk chiffon
dress with matching accessories.
Both wore pink cymbidium orchid
corsages.
White chrysanthemums and
pompons with pink accents decorated
the bride's table for the reception
in Nashville Fire Hall.
Traveling to Florida, the bride
wore a navy blue suit and match-
ing accessories.
Pre-nuptial parties for the
bride were given by Miss Faye
and Miss Pamela Wittkop, Miss
Voelker, Mesdames Donald Schim-
schack, Howard Gath, Kenneth
Stange, Arthur Duerr and Christ
Hoffmeister.

Notes:

B. C. Hoffmeister Dies; Founder Of Lumber Firm
The founder of the Gratwick Lumber Co., Bernhardt C. Hoffmeister, 51, of 192 Fredericka St., died at his North Tonawanda home Thursday night after a long illness. Mr. Hoffmeister was treasurer of the Niagara-Orleans Lumbermen's Association and a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. He had served as president of the Gratwick Lumber Co. Mr. Hoffmeister is survived by his wife, the former Loa May Behm; three children, Lyle, Carl and Mrs. Donald Shimschack, all of North Tonawanda; one grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Duerr of North Tonawanda; and four brothers, Benjamin C, Edmund B. and Christian T. Hoffmeister of North Tonawanda, and John A. Hoffmeister of the Town of Wheatfield. Mr. Hoffmeister's body will lie in state at St. Mark's Lutheran Church before services at 2 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Loren J. Shiley will officiate.

Bernhardt married BEHM, Loa May on 24 Jun 1933 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Loa (daughter of BEHM, Bernhardt August and BEUTEL, Eleanore Amanda) was born on 12 Dec 1912 in Town of Wilson, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Aug 2008 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Verified spelling with SS Death Index for Hilda Wittkop in Hamburg, Erie County, NY - perhaps Clarence

Clarence married GOERSS, Hilda Anna on 12 Jun 1938 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Hilda (daughter of GOERSS, August Friedrich Wilhelm and RUNGE, Louisa Amelia Auguste) was born on 3 Apr 1913 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 May 2003 in Hamburg, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/13/1938

The wedding of Miss Hilda
Goerss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
August Goerss of Ward road, town
of Wheatfield ,to Clarence Witkop,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Witkop, of Bergholtz, was solemnized
Sunday afternoon, June 12th
at 4.30, in St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. W. J.
Thiemecke, officiating.
The church was decorated with
palms and baskets of peonies, and
an archway over the front pews,
was beautifully decorated with
roses and beauty bush. Mrs. Thiemecke
sang, "We at Thine Altar
Stand," by DeKoven and "Wedding
Hymn," by N. J. Hong with
August Huebner at the organ.
The bride wore a white satin
gown, fashioned with a lace yoke
and the fitted bodice was trimmed
with tiny white satin buttons.
The sleeves were long, extending
to a point at the wrist, and the
skirt flowed into a long train. Her
long tulle veil fell from a halo
of pearls and she carried a shower
bouquet of bridal roses.
The maid of honor. Miss Pearl
Durow, of Niagara Falls, cousin
of the bride, wore a peach colored
chiffon dress, made with a shirred
bodice. She wore blue flowers in
her hair and carried a bouquet of
delphinium and talisman roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Beatrice
Stenzel, cousin of the bride
and Miss Margaret Durow of Niagara
Falls, also a cousin of the
°ride. They wore blue chiffon
dreSsea, with peach colored flowers
In their hair and carried bouquets
of talisman roses and delphinium.
Joyce Millville, niece of the
bride was flower girl, and wore
a long pink taffeta dress and carried
a basket of sweet peas. Howard
Strassburg, cousin of the groom
wtis ring bearer and wore a
white satin suit.
Robert Eichorn, of Buffalo, was1
best man. The ushers were Norman
and Carl Goerss. brothers
of the bride and Frederick and
Arthur Witkop, cousins of the
groom.
The mother of the bride was
attired in a blue printed crepe
dress, and the groom's mother a
black lace gown with bolero. Each
wore a corsage of roses and sweet
peas.
Following the ceremony, a dinner
and reception for seventy-five
guests was held in the Holy Ghost
school hall, Bergholtz. The hall
and tables were decorated in a
color scheme of yellow and white.
The bride's table, with covers laid
for sixteen, was centered mith a
wedding cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Witkop left for
a motor trip to Michigan. After
July 1st, they will take up their
residence in their new home in
Niagara road, Bergholtz.