BETTY DOWNING MARRIED FRIDAY.
United to Cpl. Carl W. Ahrendt at Hildreth Memorial Church
Miss Betty Downing, daughter of Mrs. Frieda Downing and Cpl. Carl W. Ahrendt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Ahrendt, were united in marriage at 10 o’clock Friday morning, October 8, at the Hildreth Memorial church, with Rev. G. O. Thompson officiating.
Miss Dorothy Downing, sister of the bride and Vernon Klemme, a friend of the groom, attended the couple.
Both the bride and bride’s maid were attired in navy blue suits with red accessories, which included corsages of red rosebuds.
The bride was born and raised in this community, graduating from LeMars high school in 1941. The groom has been in the army air corps for the last year and a half.
The young couple plan to live in Sioux City where the groom is stationed at the army air base.
Source: The LeMars Globe-Post, Monday, October 11, 1943
***Further Research:
Carl William Ahrendt was born Sept. 5, 1921 to Carl Friederich Heinrich and Elizabeth Catherine Westhoff Ahrendt. He died Aug. 31, 1994 and is buried in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery, LeMars, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
