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D10113-2
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- 1940-08-11 (Creation)
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Wedding of Gertrude McCutcheon and William Fry at the Little Church on the Prairie, Lakewood. Building converted from commercial uses to church in 1940. Gertrude McCutcheon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parsneau, exchanged vows with William Landis Fry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Fry of Oroville, California, in a double-ring ceremony on August 11, 1940. Mrs. Franklyn Coffield Ellis of San Francisco served as her sister's matron of honor. Burritt Anderson was the best man. The bride wore a silk jersey afternoon dress adorned with white orchids and carried a white prayer book. The new Mrs. Fry had graduated from Stadium High School and Racine's Western Institute (Seattle). The groom graduated from the University of California and was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Their first home will be in Oakland. (T. Times 8-12-1940, p. 7)
Little Church on the Prairie (Lakewood); Weddings--Lakewood--1940-1950; Fry, William Landis; McCutcheon, Gertrude--Marriage; Brides--1940-1950; Grooms (Weddings)--1940-1950; Wedding costume--1940-1950;