The Des Moines Register/1917/Hahnen - Shepard Wedding At Hanger Home

Hahnen - Shepard Wedding At Hanger Home

Simplicity characterized the wedding of Miss Minnie Hahnen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hahnen and Mrs. James Oscar Shepard of Sterling, Colorado, which took place last evening at the B.O. Hanger home, the groom being a brother of Mrs. Hanger. The guests, who included the immediate relatives of the bridal couple and a few close friends, were received by Mr. and Mrs. Hanger, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Davis and the bride and groom. At 8 o'clock the nieces and nephew of the bride preceded the bridal couple to the improvised altar of ferns and palms, holding in their hands garlands of summer flowers. They were Irene and Richard Hahnen, Gretchen and Robert Hahnen, Katherine Engelbeck of Milwaukee, Melville Davis, Martha and Edgar Wirt and Ellen Ransberg. Darl Ransberg of Minneapolis and Dorothy Neindorf carried the rings in baskets of sweet peas. Following the double ring service, which was read by the Rev. A. B. Leamer of St. John's Lutheran church, light refreshments were served. The bride was gowned in a simple frock of embroidered crepe with trimmings of thread lace. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard left last for the mountains of Colorado, where they will spend their honeymoon and will be at home after Aug. 1 in Sterling, Colorado, where Mr. Shepard is with the signal service department of the Union Pacific railroad. Among the wedding guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Englebeck and daughter Katherine of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Ransberg and children. Ellen and Darl. Jr., of Minneapolis, Mr. Will Hahnen of Joplin, Missouri, and Mrs. George Newton of Washington, D.C., Mr. and Mrs. George Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. George Jamieson and Mr. and Keller, all of Vinton.