Marilyn and Fred Schmidt: Married 45 Years

Happy Anniversary, Marilyn and Fred!

Marilyn Boock and Frederick G. Schmidt celebrate their 45th Wedding Anniversary today. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer, Wisconsin on Sunday, 12 August 1962. The following is from the Marshfield News Herald:

Trinity Lutheran Church of Spencer was the scene of a wedding ceremony Sunday, aug. 12, when at 4 p.m. matrimonial vows were exchanged by Miss Marilyn Jane Boock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Boock, Spencer, and Frederick G. Schmidt, son of the Rev. and Mrs. herbert Schmidt, St. Thomas, N. D.

The groom's father performed the ceremony and the bride's father gave his daughter in marriage. Philip Graupner, the organist, played "aria in F Major," by Handel, and "Trumpet Voluntary in D," by Purcell.

Two white bouquets and palms provided a setting for the wedding.

The bride's white floor-length gown of silk organza had a neckline and gown front trimmed with re-embroidered Alencon lace. Her bouffant veil was secured to a pearl and crystal crown and she carried white pompons and red roses in cascade formation.

The bridal aids--Miss Magdelene Streufert, St. Louis, Mo., the maid of honor, and Mrs. George Ness Jr., Marshfield, the bridesmaid--were attired in aqua street-length gowns of silk organza, the full back drawn together by satin roses.

Paul Schmidt, St. Thomas, N. D., was best man; David Boock, Spencer, was the groomsman; and Steve, Leon and Bob Schmidt, all of St. Thomas, N. D., ushered. [The flower girl (top photo) was Cheri Plath Stromberg (Bill and Bonnie Oelrich Plath's daughter).]

The wedding supper was served in the church parlors, after which a reception was held at the home of the bride's parents. Wedding guests came from St. Louis, Mo.; Chicago, Ill.; St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Brainerd, Minn.; St. Thomas, N. D., and from Milwaukee, Marshfield, Bonduel and Lac du Flambeau.

Following a northern Wisconsin honeymoon, the Schmidts will reside at 6316 N. Rosebury, st. Louis, Mo.

Mr. Schmidt, a theological student at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., is a 1961 graudate of Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Schmidt, who was graduated from Spencer High School, will receive her bachelor of science degree from Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 16. She has been employed as a teacher in Bonduel, Wis., and Dundee, Ill.