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- North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/8/1956
The m a r r i a g e of Miss Lu-
cile Hoffman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoff-
man of Townline Rd., to Her-
man Boehnke, son of Mr. a n d
Mrs. Otto Boehnke of 1274
Nash Rd., was solemnized at
7 p.m., July 21 in St. Pauls
Evangelical and Reformed
Church, Wendelville. The
Rev. Karl Kindt officiated at
t h e double r i n g ceremony be-
f o r e an a l t a r decorated with
baskets of white c h r y s a n t h e mums
and lilies and lighted
with tall tapers in candela
b r a .
Charles Green played the traditional
wedding music and accompanied
Karl Bohnhoff who sang
"O Perfect Love" and "Because"
j before the ceremony, and "The
Lord's Prayer" during the ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose a white ballerina-
length gown of Chantilly lace
over satin. The bridal gown was
fashioned with an illusion neckline
and fitted lace bodice. A crown
of seed pearls held the fingertip
veil of illusion. The bride wore
mitts and carried a colonial bouquet
of white roses and chrysanthemums.
Miss Elma Hoffman, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor. Her
ballerina-length gown of orchid organdy
embroidered with w h i te
over taffeta was fashioned with a
scalloped V-neckline, l o n g torso
waistline and a scalloped hemline.
She wore an orchid flowered
hat and carried a colonial
bouquet of yellow roses and white
chrysanthemums, offset with a yellow
ribbon.
The bridesmaids, Mrs. Don
aid Richardson, Miss Lois Human,
cousin of the bride, and Miss Jacqueline
Awaldt, cousin of the bridegroom,
favored outfits in yellow,
styled like that of the maid
of honor. They carried colonial
bouquets of yellow roses and orchid
chrysanthemums offset with
orchid ribbons.
The flower girls were Linda
Boehnke, niece of the bridegroom
and Janet Meyers. They wore
dresses of orchid organdy embroidered
with white over taffeta
and carried bouquets of yellow
roses and white chrysantheniums.
Otto Boehnke Jr., brother of the
bridegroom, was best man and the
ushers were Robert Boehnke. Arnold
Boehnke and Donald Boehnke,
brothers of the bridegroom.
The bride's mother chose an
aqua print nylon dress with white
accessories, while the mother of
the bridegroom was attired in a
powder blue linen dress with white
accessories. Both wore corsages of
white carnations and pink roses
trimmed with white ribbons. The
bridegroom's maternal grandmother,
Mrs. William Edmister, was
attired in a navy blue crepe dress
with a corsage of white carnations
and pink roses trimmed with white
ribbons.
A wedding reception was given
in the Wendelville Fire Hall for
200 guests. For traveling, the bride
chose a blue nylon dres with white
accessories. After a wedding trip
to the Adirondacks, the coupkle
are at home in Townline Rd.
Entertaining at showers for the
bride were Mrs. Eugene Hoffman
and Mrs. Ezra H o f f m a n , Miss
Elma Hoffman, Miss Lois Human,
Mrs. Donald Richardson, and Miss
Jacqueline Awaldt, Mrs. G l e nn
Meyers and Mrs. Otto Boehnke
Sr., Mrs. Carl Meyers, and the
girls from the office of The National
Grinding Wheel Co., Inc.
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