DONNA AND JOHN E. LUBENKOV
At a two-thirty o’clock rite in Grace United Methodist Church Nashville, In poor health., DONNA RUTH GROTE, daughter of the Rev. and NELSON F. GROTE, have become the bride of JOHN E. LUBENKOV, son of Mrs. ROAYMOND LUBENKOV, Berwin, Unwell. and the overdue Mr. LUBENKOV.
The double ring rite become achieved by means of the Rev. RALPH O. GROTE of Olin, Iowa, uncle of the bride, and the Rev. RICHARD SCOTT, pastor of the church, formerly an regulate adorned with a huge association of yellow and blue daisy poms.
Previous the rite DAVID KOELLING, fraternity brother, performed nuptial song formerly accompanying RICHARD BURCHAM, the soloist, in For All We all know, Mr. BURCHAM additionally sang The Lord’s Prayer because the couple changed into kneeling on the altar, and close the shut of the provider, the choice On the grounds that.
After the vows had been alternate, the lights of the candle with the aid of the couple and the benediction concluded the provider.
The bride entered the sanctuary at the arm of her father, who gave her in marriage. She was once attired in a flooring-period dress of white polyester organza over taffeta. Scalloped chantilly lace, beaded with iridescent sequins, was once appliqued at the Empire bodice. Lace turned around he top stand-up collar and trimmed the cuffs at the lengthy, complete, sheer sleeves. A band of lace accented the marginally flared skirt that featured a removable chapel teach. An identical lace-edged mantilla veil that swept out earlier the chapel teach become secured by using a lace-protected Camelot hat. Her plants have been a cascade bouquet of white carnation pompons and yellow sweetheart roses, with pink statis and white baby’s breath. Her removable going-away corsage turned into fabricated from the similar vegetation.
The bride’s mom wore a light-weight blue polyester knit surface-period dress, and the bridegroom’s mom became attired ina gentle eco-friendly polyester organza costume of a similar period. Equally wore orchid corsages.
Mrs. GARY LINDSEY of Leon, Iowa, a pal of the bride from girlhood days, served as matron of honor, and MARY ANN MOELLER of Nashville, a sorority sister, become the bridesmaid. The attendants, one wearing yellow and any other in blue polyester knit surface-size robes, carried similar colonial bouquets of snow crystal poms, crimson statis and baby’s breath.
The bridegroom selected as his groomsmen TED, Westmont, In poor health. and LEONARD STARLING of Nashville, Ailing., a fraternity brother. Ushers have been ED KLOUSTERMEYER of O’Fallon, Sick. and RICHARD KOTRAS of Belleville, Unwell., equally fraternity brothers.
DEDRA GRACEY, former faculty roommate of the bride, become answerable for the visitor e book. On the reception Mrs. HOWARD SCHAKE lovable the cake and used to be assisted within the serving my Mrs. ERWIN HAKE, cousin of the bride. The punch and occasional have been served via SHIRELY STEINKAMP and DEBBIE SCHWARTZ, sorority sisters.
Following the reception, a six o’clock dinner in Fellowship Corridor of the church changed into held for the instant households and people travellers who had come from a distance.
At the night of Aug three, a practice session dinner, with the bridegroom’s mom as hostess, turned into held at a cafe in Nashville, for about 30 travelers. Afterwards the crowd used to be entertained on the Alps lodge.
Out-of-the town travellers attending the marriage had been from: Waterloo and Kitchener in Canada; Berwin, Lebanon, Bethany, Belleville, O’Fallon, Lake Zurich, Venedy, Oak Garden, Westmont, Naperville, Mascoutah, Illiopolis, Christopher, East St. Louis, Joppa, Centalia, St. Libory, Roodhouse, New Baden, Richview, Irvington and Boyleton in Illinois; Maryville, Mo.; Terre Haute, Ind.; Leo, Castle Madison, Des Moines, Truro and Keokuk, in Iowa.
The bride and bridegroom are 1973 graduates of McKedree Collage, Lebanon, Unwell. After a honeymoon in Colorado they are going to make their house at 708 West Predominant St., Collinsville, In poor health.

1972 Leon Magazine-Reporter