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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 9/12/1959
Miss Diane Virginia Wehrung, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen H. Wehrung, 210 Ilion St., and Charles
Thomas Brodfuehrer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A.
Brodfuehrer, 420 Stanley St., were married at 10 a.m.,
Aug. 29 in Ascension Church in a high nuptial Mass.
The double ring ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Francis
Hunt.
Vases of white pompons and yel-
low gladioli arorned the altar and
white satin ribbons marked the
family pews. Flowers were placed
at the Virgin Mary's altar.
The bride's gown of white silk
organza and Chantilly lace over
taffeta was fashioned with a
scalloped Sabrina neckline beaded
with iridescnt sequins and seed
pearls and short crushed sleeves.
The skirt featured lace appliques
caught with a large bow in back
that fell into a chapel length train.
A crown of Chantilly lace accent-
ed with sequins and pearls held
her finger tip veil of silk illusion.
She carried a prayer book with a
corsage of white roses and white
shasta pompons.
Mrs. John Dotterweich, matron
of honor for her cousin, wore a
white nylon dress embroidered
with aqua flower motifs and fash-
ioned with a scoop neckline and
short sleeves. A fathered chiffon
drape accented the front of the
dress and formed panels in the
back. She wore an aqua headpiece
with a scalloped shoulder veil of
silk illusion. She carried a colo-
nial bouquet of rubrum lilies, pink
rosebuds and white shasta sais-
ies tied with aqua ribbon.
Miss Amelia Brenon and Mrs.
Donald Sears of Olcott wore identical
dresses of white nylon embroidered
with yellow flowers and
matching headpieces and shoes
completed their attire and they
carried rubrum lilies, yellow roses,
and white shasta daisies tied
with yellow.
Lloyd Tooke Jr. was the best
man. Ushers were John Norris
and James Brodfuehrer, brother
of the bridegroom.
The bride's mother wore a nylon
chiffon dress in shades of Bermuda
blue, with a gathered skirt
and lace appliqued fitted bodice,
V-neckline and short sleeves. She
chose a feather hat and accessories
to match and wore a corsage
of white roses and white shasta
daises.
The bridegroom's mother chose
r o y a l b l u e s h e a t h d r e s s with
three-quarter length sleeves ac-
cented with a pink feather hat and
pink accessories and a corsage of
pink rosebuds and white shasta
daises.
The bride's maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Edward Hempel,
wore a beige lace sheath dress.
.The bride paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Margaret Wehrung, chose a
bllue print silk dress with a full
skirt. Both wore corsages of yel-
low rosebuds and daisies.
A wedding breakfast for the immediate
family and a reception for
325 guests were given in Stephen
Sikora Post Hall. Guests attended
from the Tonawandas and vicinity
and from Lorain, O.
After a wedding trip to the Adirondack
Mountains and New York
City, Mr. and Mrs. Brodfuehrer
are at home in 138 Adam St.,
Tonawanda.
Pre-nuptial parties were given
by the Mesdames: Joseph Pro-
frock, Charles Kent, George Dris-
coll, Edward Hempel, Margaret
Wehrung, Carl Henning, Vincent
DiVirgilio, Jerome Burngasser,
Elmer Brodfuehrer, Richard
BRodfuehrer, Raymond Brod-
fuehrer and the bridesmaids.
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