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- Niagara Gazette - 10/15/1940
The altar of the St. Paul's Lutheran
church was decorated with
opalescent gladioli for an interesting
wedding Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock, when Ella Esther Walck.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Walck. became the bride of Edward
Durkee, son of Mrs. Florence Durkee,
of Tonawanda, N. Y. The Rev.
Gustav Zlemer officiated. Mrs.
Ruth Shultz Williams, at the organ,
accompanied Barney Walck,
soloist.
Olven In marriage by her father,
the bride wore a graceful gown of
white brocaded vel-ray, fashioned
with a Queen Elizabeth collar of
seeded pearls and moulded bodice
and her skirt flaring Into a peacock
tram. Her fingertip veil was held
with an Elizabethan halo of net
and pearls. 8he carried a bouquet
of white roses and Uliea-of-thevalley
centered around an orchid.
Miss Minnie Walck, sister of the
bride, was gowned in cornflower
blue moire taffeta, fashioned with
A bouffant skirt. She wore matching
orchids In her hair and carried
A colonial bouquet of pink and yellow
pompoms and pink roses.
Mr. Nicholas Wallace Durkee.
brother of the bridegroom, was the
best man.
Mrs. Emil Walck, the bride's
mother, wore a black crepe dress
And a corsage of orchids. Mrs.
Florence Durkee, the bridegroom's
mother, wore a black velvet dress
and a corsage of orchids.
A dinner was served at the Red
Coach Inn, after a reception at the
bride's home from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Mr. Durkee and his bride left by
motor for an eastern trip and upon
thebr return will reside In Fourth
street. The bride traveled in a frock
of sheer wool of hunter's green and
matching coat of green velvet. Her
hat and accessories were of gold
and she wore a corsage of yellow
roses.
Pre-nuptial parties were given by
Miss Minnie Walck and Mrs. Emil
Walck, a towel shower; a red and
white kitchen shower by Mrs. F.
Durkee, Mrs. Fred Durkee, Mrs.
Wm. Durkee and Mrs. Al Stelg; a
variety shower by the Globar girls
at the Jade room; a dinner party
at the Ray-Ott club by Misses Ellen
and Beryl Cegles.
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