BioA: Gosse, Mr./Mrs. Louis (50th - 1961)

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Surnames: Gosse, Lube, Berend, Schuh, Ewert, Krueger, Laabs, Radriguez, Lake, Bender, Winner, Kintred

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 06/08/1961

Gosse, Mr./Mrs. Louis (50th Anniv. - 27 May 1961)

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gosse celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on May 27. A dinner was served at the Evangelical and Reformed hall. The tables were beautifully decorated with candles and flowers. The afternoon was spent with entertainment at the Colby city hall.

Mr. Gosse and the former Ida Lube were married on May 24, 1911, in St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Green Grove by the late Rev. August Berend. Mr. Gosse was born in the town of Mosel, Sheboygan county. Mrs. Gosse was born in the town of Colby where they purchased a farm on which they now reside.

They have seven children, six were present with their families, namely: Mrs. Arthur (Anita) Schuh of Colby, Mrs. Edwin (Viola) Ewert of Wausau, Herman of Colby, Melvin of Curtiss, Mrs. Alvin (Marion) Krueger of Curtiss, Mrs. Alfred (Harriet) Laabs of Owen. Mrs. Roman (Dorothy) Radriguez of North Carolina was not present. They also have 15 grand children and six great grand children. All were present.

One of the original attendants, Mrs. Henry Lake, was also present. She and Mrs. Gosse wore gold corsages. Mrs. Gosse also wore a gold bracelet, a gift of her husband 51 years ago.

Out of town guests for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winner, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bender and family of New Holstein, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gosse and Gilbert of Elkhart Lake, Mrs. Hilda Gosse, Mrs. Arleigh Gosse, Mrs. Marvin Gosse and Regene of Sheboygan Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gosse, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Kintred of Sheboygan, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Bender and family, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bender of Cleveland, Charles Lube of Granton, Walter Schuh of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lake of Milladore and many relatives and friends of this community.

Telegrams were received from British Columbia, Canada, from nieces.

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