BioA: Voge, Mr./Mrs. Adolph (Gold – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Voge, Magenoau, MacFarlane, Breauer, Miller, Frane, Wibben

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 27 May 1971

Voge, Mr./Mrs. Adolph (Gold – 11 MAY 1971)

Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Voge of Abbotsford (Clark Co., Wis.) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 8, 1971 in the Abbotsford City Hall. The couple was married March 11, 1921, in Michigan by the Rev. W.J. Magenoau.

Attendants at the wedding in 1921 , who were present at the open house, were Mrs. Mildred MacFarlane of Bessemer, Michigan, and John Breauer of Ironwood, Michigan.

Mr. Voge was born in 1891 in Lomira, Wisconsin. He was educated in the Colby schools and lived in Colby until his marriage. He served in the U..S. Army for two years and is a member of the Abbotsford VFW and Christ Lutheran Church. Mr. Voge remains in fair health and enjoys doing carpenter work. He retired from farming in 1959.

Mrs. Voge, the former Grace Miller, was born in 1903 in the town of Lake Butternut. She received her education in a little country school in the town of Lake Butternut. She is a member of Christ Lutheran Church and the Laides' Aid of that church. She is in fair health and enjoys gardening.

Mr. and Mrs. Voge are the parents of four children: Mrs. Vincent (Irene) Frane, Owen; Mrs. Robert (Marion) Wibben, Colby; Edward, Owen; and Donald, Abbotsford. They have 34 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.