My dad (William) was to marry my new mom (Jean) on June 15, 1963. Her brother Bill, who was a priest was to marry them. However, he could not get away on that date because he was to have a special visitor at his monastery (Cardinal Cushing of Boston). It seemed that the only date that would work out for them was on May 18th. So Bill, Jean, Bill's three young children (Susan, Kathleen and Bill), Bill's brother Chuck and his wife Shirley, Jean's sister Carolyn and her husband Frank and Bill's mother Helen attended the wedding in Racine Wisconsin on a very pretty, but windy spring day. After the wedding Mass, the family went to the Elk's Club in Kenosha for lunch. They then went back to Bill's house and started calling their friends to join them for cake and champagne.
Family members came from Gurnee Illinois (Susan, Brian and Beth Buehlman) Seattle Washington (Michael Buehlman), Lake Villa, Illinois (Bill, Julie and Reid Stanley) St. Charles, Missouri (Cara and Matt Cushman), Whitewater, Wisconsin (Amanda Stanley), Deerfield Illinois (Carolyn and Jim Barry), Kenosha Wisconsin (Jim, Jeni, Nathan and Rachel Stanley and places in between (Fred and Kathleen Gold) to celebrate this special day.
We had a wonderful dinner at Twin Oaks Inn in Wilmot Wisconsin. The cake was a replica of their wedding cake, but with a picture of the bride and groom on top.
It was a great time and a wonderful way to see the family and celebrate a special day.
We love you Mom & Dad.
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