Of course we were invited to the wedding which was in Kansas but we decided not to go - why I don't remember now. It might have been worries about the weather. I think the forecast was for snow. Or maybe the distance had something to do with it.
But Mom went with her son Ron and wife, Ruth - Lorrie's parents. I recall seeing some of the wedding photos one of them a very good picture of Mom in her grandmother of the bride outfit.
I also remember buying a Mikasa vase at Younkers in Valley West Mall as a wedding gift.
It may not have been this exact design, but it was one of modern design and heavy lead crystal.
Mostly I remember helping Mom choose a new outfit to wear to the wedding. I brought her to Des Moines to shop for it. As a young woman who had lived through the great depression, she had always been careful about her spending - a trait which passed on to me. There was a consignment shop I liked to go to on Ingersoll Avenue which is where we went.
The style at the time was longer skirt lengths which I loved. Mom wasn't a big fan of shin length dresses, preferring them just below the knees, but I convinced her that longer was the current fashion. And when I found a two-piece soft pink in 'like new' condition, I got her to try it on - and then buy it - $16.00 if my memory is right.
In my opinion, my mother looked beautiful in this ensemble. This is a photo I took in her living room of her wearing it.
When she died in December, 2003, there was a different dress picked for her to be buried in but it didn't work out.
So this is what I chose instead. It has bothered me some over the years to know she would have chosen something else.
But she looked so pretty in pink. 💗
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