Leon married BOSSARD, Harriet on 3 Aug 1940 in Hornell, Steuben County, NY. Harriet (daughter of BOSSARD, Fred and Anna B) was born about 1910 in Hornell, Steuben County, NY; died on 9 Jan 1978 in Rochester, Monroe County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dansville NY Breeze - 8/5/1940

Miss Harriet Bossard, daughter
of Mr. and M B . Fred D.
Bossard ol Hornell-Canisteo
road, became the bride of Leon
L. Lemen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lemen of Dansville to
Park Church, Hornell at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
Rev. Samuel .Keen performed
the ceremony on a platform dec
oiated with white nydrangeas.
The altar was? decorated with
bouquets of gladiola, butterfly
brush, bachelor buttons and
baby breath. Miss Catherine
Lemen, niece of the bridegroom.
sang "Because; You're Mine",
accompanied at the organ by
Mrs. Merle Greene.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by hfr father, wore a
white satin gown en train with
inserts of lace in the skirt and
a Anger tip veil. She carried a
shower bouquet of white sweet,
peas and gardenias. Miss
Marion Bossard, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor and
wore a pink net floor length
dress with lace inserts in the
skirit and carried a colonial
bouquet of pink and white sweet
peas, delphiniums and baby
breath,
Richard Lemen, brother of the
oridegroom, was best man and
the ushers were Herman Reinholtz
and Kenneth Randall of
Dansville.
Dinner was served to 70 guests
at the Smith Tea Room on the
Almond Road. After the dinner
a reception was held at the
bride's home. The couple then
left for a trip to Canada and
the New England States. For
traveling, Mrs. Lemen wore a
redingote of brown and white
with white accessories. Upon
their return September 1st, they
will reside at 22 Ravine Street,
Hornell.
The bride's mother wore a
black jersey dres with black
and white accessories and a cor-
sage of pink roses and baby
breath. The mother of the bride
groom wore a blue chiffon dress
with white accessories and a
corsage of pink roses and baby
breath.
The bride is a graduate of the
Hornell High School and Feder-
al Commercial School. She has
worked for sometime in the of-
fice of R. E. Page in Hornell.
The bridegroom graduated from
Dansville High School and is em-
ployed in a Dansville store.
Out of town guests included
William Caldwell of Buffalo;
Mrs. Perry Roystnn of Bay
Shore, L. I., Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Lemen; Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
mond Randall, Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Reinholtz, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Minster,, Mr. and
Mrs. John Gaughan, Mrs. Eler
Bassett, Mrs. Leonard Smith,
Frank Gilbride, Edward Roberts,
Mr. and Mrs. William Cowdrick,
Mr. and Mrs. Archiband Lemen,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lemen,
Clinton Lemen, Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Lemen and Miss Ruth
Lemen all of Dansville.

1. LEMEN, Gary L
2. LEMEN, Sandra Lee