This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmberg, Skalberg, Johanson Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/140.3 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, January 11, 1917 THE MARRIAGE OF MISS GUNHILD HOLMBERG NEAR WAUSA In the Wausa, Neb., Gazette of January 4th appears the account of a wedding that will be of much interest in this city, where the family of the bride were residents for a number of years, the father of the bride being a daughter of the late E.P. HOLMBERG. In speaking of the wedding the Gazette says: “The A.E. HOLMBERG home southeast of Wausa was the scene of a very pretty home wedding Thursday evening last week when the oldest daughter, Gunhild, was given in marriage to Mr. Roy SKALBERG. At the appointed hour, 6 o’clock, the wedding party marched in to the strains of Lohengrin’s wedding march, played by Miss Helen HOLMBERG, a cousin of the bride. The bride wore a gown of white messeline silk with overdrape of white lace and a bridal veil in cap effect, festooned with a wreath of orange blossoms. She was attended by her sister, Miss Mildred HOLMBERG, who was dressed in pink. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, David SKALBERG. Both wore conventional black. Crystal SKALBERG, a little sister of the bridegroom, acted as ring bearer. She was dressed in white and carried the ring in the petals of a white rose. Rev. JOHANSON of the Mission church officiated at the marriage. Miss Helen Holmberg played the Spring Song softly on the piano during th! e ceremony, and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March directly afterwards while congratulations were offered.” “Some 125 invited guests witnessed the ceremony and partook of the sumptuous wedding supper served during the evening. The rooms had been beautifully decorated for the occasion in pink and white and the color scheme was adherer [sic] to throughout. The table at which the bridal party were seated was decorated with smilax and lighted with pink candles. In the center of the table was the bride’s cake tastefully decorated. The evening was spent in a most enjoyable manner. A short impromptu program of vocal selections by Mrs. JOHANSON, piano music by Miss Helen Holmberg, and mandolin music by Mr. Clarence HOLMBERG added to the pleasure of the evening. The bridal couple were the recipients of many handsome and valuable presents.” “The contracting parties at this wedding are among our most popular young people and well and favorably known in the community. The bride is the accomplished young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. HOLMBERG, and the bridegroom a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. SKALBERG, and an enterprising young farmer. After a few weeks’ wedding trip to different points in Nebraska the newly married young people will go up to housekeeping on the J.A. [article cut off].