Paul Nuebel - line 44

Source - Year: 1930; Census Place: Barclay, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: 642; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 6.0.

Paul Nuebel - line 32

Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Barclay, Black Hawk, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01139; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7-1

Cutting the first slice of their three-tiered wedding cake in parlors ElanEm of Hotel Russell-Lamson Saturday morning are First Lt. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Bloes. The couple was married at 9:30 a. m. in St. Francis Catholic church at Dunkerton by Rev. Pr. Jerome Bohr, pastor.

The bride, the former Miss Helen M. Nuebel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Nuebel of Dunkerton, formerly of 518 Baltimore street, Waterloo, and Lieutenant Bloes, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bloes of Jesup, took double ring vows, before altar banked with starlight chrysanthemums and ferns. Butterfly bows of white satin marked the pews.

As 150 guests gathered for the service, for which the bride was given in marriage by her father, Howard Girsch, organist, played nuptial music. Mrs. Nuebel attended the ceremony in a black velvet dressmaker suit with soot black accessories and Mrs. Bloes was present in an electric blue suit with black accessories. Both wore corsages of rosebuds and gardenias.

An underskirt hoop of ruffled crinoline distinguished the white slipper satin bridal gown with its fitted bodice, peplum style and accordion pleating trim. The sleeves ended in wristlet points and the billowed skirt was finished with a cascade train. A single strand of pearls highlighted the valentine neckline and a tiara of imported pleated lace surmounted the fingertip illusion veil.

Brides Bouquet

The bride's bouquet was a colonial arrangement of starlight pompons centere by a lavender orchid from which fell streamers of white satin.

Dawn blue satin with a fitted bodice, peplum and a bouffant net skirt over taffeta was worn by Miss Betty Jane Nuebel, sister of the bride, as maid of honor. She wore a single strand of pearls as accessories and a hair arrangement of pompons and miniature rosebuds, matching her colonia bouquet.

The groom's cousin, Capt. Donal G. Duffy, was best man. Ushers, all from Dunkerton, were Leonard Nuebel, brother of the bride, Michael Staebell, Jr., the bride's cousin, Joseph Koster and Lawrence Weber.

Members of the immediate families and the wedding party attended the breakfast in Hotel Russell-Lamson after the ceremony. In addition to the bride's cake, topped by figures of a bride and groom, smilax was entwined about the centerpiece and the four white tapers at either end of the table.

Special guests were Rev. Fr. Francis Friedl of Dubuque and Rev. Fr. Victor Gerlemaan.

Two-Week Honeymoon

Immediately afterward the couple left to drive to Minneapolis and northern Minnesota for a two-week honeymoon. The bride wore a hand-tailored Forstmann wool brown gabardine suit with accessories in mustard and brown and an ensemble of purse and slippers in Amazon lizard. Her corsage was composed of orchids.

A graduate of Gates Business college and radio schools in Omaha, Neb., Oakland, Cal., and Newark,

N. J., the bride has been employed for the past year by the firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Chicago.

The groom, now on terminal leave after serving with the 20th air force for 18 months in the Pacific and the China-Burma-India theaters, expects a discharge in December. He wears the Pacific theater ribbon with five battle stars, a Distinguished Unit citation, and the Air Medal. Also a graduate of Gates Business college, he was employed in the offices of the Rath Packing Co. in San Antonio, Tex., prior to his enlistment May 22, 1941.

Dec. 1 the couple will be at home in Dallas, Tex., where the groom will be a Rath employe.

Source - Waterloo Daily Courier - Oct 28, 1945