BioM: Younker, Sharon Rose (1965)

Poster:  Betty Comstock

Email: betty@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Younker, Rueth, Pockrandt, Olsen, Brandt, Elsinger

------Source:  Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 07/15/1965

Shober, Sandra Ann (05 JUL 1965)

Miss Sharon Rose Younker, Marshfield and Ronald Franklin Rueth, Loyal repeated wedding vows July 5, with the Very Rev. Norbert E. King, pastor of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Loyal officiating.

Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Younker, Norwood, Minnesota and Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Rueth, route 1, Loyal.

Assorted arrangements of Gladioli were placed on the church altar for the ceremony during which the choir sand and Mrs. Trnka played the organ.

The bride wore a white gown of satin with a rounded neckline, semi-sheath skirt and train attached to the waistline.  Her headpiece was a satin pillbox to which was secured a veil.  She carried a bouquet of red roses.

Mrs. Verlyn Pockrandt, Loyal was the matron of honor, Mrs. Larry Rueth and Miss Audrey Olsen, also of Loyal, the bridesmaids.

The aides wore apricot peau de soie semi-sheaths with bustle bows at the back waistlines and with matching headpieces.

The flower girls, Diane Pockrandt, Loyal and Brenda Brandt, Greenwood were attired as miniature replicas of the bride.

Attending the groom as best man was Verlyn Pockrandt, Loyal; groomsmen were Larry Rueth and Tom Elsinger both of Loyal; Dennis Younker, Norwood, Minnesota and John Rueth, Loyal were the ushers.

Wedding guests came from Medford, Spencer, Abbotsford, Greenwood, Dorchester, Marshfield, Park Falls, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Colby, Wausau, Hawkins, Shawano, Thorp, Stratford, Pittsville, Loyal and from the states of Minnesota and Illinois.

A wedding reception was held at the home of the bride’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Verlyn Pockrandt, Loyal.  The supper was served at St. Anthony’s Hall, Loyal.

The bride is a 1962 graduate of Abbotsford High School and has been employed at Karau’s Super Market, Marshfield. The groom is a 1963 graduate of Loyal High School and works for Spencer Sports Products, Spencer.  After a wedding trip to northern Wisconsin the couple will be home to their friends at 311 S. Vine Ave., Marshfield.