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Harlan News Advertiser
Harlan, Iowa
1957 January 8
Carolyn Larson Wed To
Craig L. Larson Dec. 22
Miss Carolyn Jean Larson be~
came the bride of Craig Lynn
Larson in a Saturday evening,
December 22 ceremony in the
Methodist church. The Rev. Law~
rence Beals officiated in the 8
o'clock p.m. double ring cere~
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson. The
bridegrooms parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Larson, all of Har~
Ian.
For the candlelight ceremony,
the church was decorated in the
holiday theme. A white Christmas
tree and candelabra in the front
of the church, and large poinsettia,
encircled with white flecked
boughs on the altar, formed the
back ground for the ceremony.
Candles, snowed greens, red bows
and cones, were in the windows.
The pews down the white carpet~
ed aisle was outlined with sprigs
of snowed spruce, cones and red
satin bows. . .
Miss Patricia Peterson, organ~
ist, played the nuptial music and
accompanied soloist, Fred Louis,
III, who sang "The Lord's Pray~
er" as the couple knelt at the
altar.
The bride's brother, Richard
Larson, escorted her down the
aisle and gave her in marriage.
Her gown of white taffeta and
rosepoint lace, was fashioned with
snug elongated bodice, sweetheart
neckline, long sleeves coming to
bridal points over the wrists and
full skirt featuring a Cathedral
train. A close fitting headpiece
embroidered with seed pearls and
sequins, held the nylon tulle fin~
gertip veil in place. Her only
jewelry was small pearl ear
rings, gifts from the bridegroom.
She carried white poinsettia, en~
circled with velvet tubing and
seed pearls with bridal shower
streamers knotted with nylon
tufts and satin leaves.
Bridesmaid were the Misses
Donna and Ardeth Larson, sisters
of the bride. They wore white
nylon gowns identically styled with
snug bodice trimmed with shirred
bands, brief cap sleeves and full
waltz length skirts. With this they
wore red velvet sashes, white,
nylon gloves and red nylon tulle
hats with the velvet crowns em~
broidered in seed pearls. They
carried red poinsettia encircled
with Frenched white mums, ny~
Ion tufts, bridal satin and shower
streamers.
Ann Runyon of Des Moines,
cousin of the bridegroom, was
junior bridesmaid. She wore a
white taffeta frock styled with a
small Peter Pan lace trimmed
collar, nylon tulle skirt caught
with tiny velvet bows and a red
velvet sash. Her hat was similar
to those worn by the other two
attendents. She carried a minia~
ture bouquet, a replica of the
flowers carried by the brides~
maids.
The bridegroom was attended
by his brothers, Jerry and Doug~
las Larson. Ushers were Larry
Wunder, Ken Peterson, Al Takay~
ama afld Denny Newlin. All of the
men in the wedding party wore
navy blue business suits, white
ties and white Frenched mum
boutonnieres.
For her daughter's wedding, the
bride's mother wore a brown wool
suit with sequin embroidery trim.
and matching accessories. Mrs
Larson was attired in a periwin~
kle blue dress, white hat and
gloves. Both had a white camelia
corsage.
Mrs. Howard Rasmussen was
hostess at the reception held in
the church parlors immediately
following the ceremony. The room
was decorated with holiday green~
ery and red satin. Centering the
table from which buffet refresh~
ments were served, was an ar~
rangement of white Christmas
candles, greenery and poinsettia
blossoms. A tiered wedding cake
on a side, table was decorated in
red and white and topped with
miniature bridal couple.
Mrs. Rondel Patterson of Min~
den presided over, the coffee ser~
vice and Mrs. Lowell Philson ser~
ved the ice cream. Mary Lou
Sorensen, and Elaine Yamamoto
of Des Moines cut and served the
cake. Also assisting with serving
was Mrs. Kenneth Peterson of
Indianola. Mrs. Floyd Hess of
Omaha, served the punch.
Joan Meir of Council Bluffs and
Karen Haskell of Harlan were in
charge of the gift book and the
gift table. Sylvia Patterson of
Council Bluffs circulated the
guest book.
In charge of the refreshments
were Mmes Chet Haase, Moody
Petersen, Arthur Stofferson, Ed~
win Larsen, Victor Curtis and
Mrs. Ella Sorensen.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of the Harlan high
school. The bride took a business
course and is employed at the
Iowa~Des Moines National Bank
in Des Moines where she will con~
tinue. Mr. Larson is a junior in
veterinary medicine at Iowa State
College, Ames. The couple is
living in Des Moines following a
wedding trip to Denver, Colorado.
For going away, the bride wore
a beige sheath dress, matching
accessories and a blue coat.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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from "Past and Present of Shelby County Iowa Volume III 1916~1976"
pages 600~601
Dr. Craig L. Larson, D.V.N.
Craig L. Larson, D.V.M., son of Gerald L. Larson and Mary Eleanor Patterson, was born in Harlan, Dec. 31, 1933. His great grandfather, Marselius Larson, was one of the original Norwegian settlers in Shelby County, and his biography is in the 1889 History Book of Shelby County. The family name was originally Larsen Bru~Husebo, but was Americanized to Larson when the family came to America from their native Norway. Their Norwegian ancestry has been traced to the year 1240 by Craig's wife, Carolyn. Craig has two brothers; Jerry L. an attorney in Harlan, and Douglas J., a dentist in Storm Lake, Ia. Craig married Carolyn Jean Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at the Harlan Methodist Church. Craig graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State College in 1958. He practiced in Creston, Ia. until 1963 at which time he became a Veterinary Science Instructor at Ca. Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo, Ca. In 1965 the Larsons moved to Solvang, Ca., where they established their own veterinary hospital. They are also both licensed real estate salesmen. Craig is a Life Loyal Sigma Chi, Rotarian, and on board of directors at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, also a member of the Santa Barbara County Animal Health and Population Control Board. Honored by Who's Who in the West 1970~71, he is also a pilot and member of the Airport Owners and Pilots Assn. of America, the American Veterinary Medical Assn., the Califor~ nia Veterinary Medical Assn., the president of the Midcoast California Veterinary Medical Assn. in 1970. The Larsons are members of the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church. They have two daughters; Jani Mari, born Oct. 19, 1957 at Ames, Ia. She is a junior in high school. Judi Lea, who was born in Creston, Ia. May 5, 1960 has taken up "womens' lib" by being the only girl diver on the high school swim team. She broke the girl's diving record at the high school and earned her varsity letter as a freshman. The Larsons home is 715 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, Ca. They enjoy cattle ranching in Ca., but are proud of their Shelby County ancestry. Carolyn Jean Larson (Mrs. Craig L. Larson) daughter of Louis Leo Larson and Anna Bernadine Kohl, was born March 21, 1936 in Carthage, Mo. The history of her great grandfather, Ezara Kohl, appears in the 1889 Shelby County History book. Her grandfather, Wm. F. Kohl, was born Feb. 10, 1880 in Mechanicsville, Ia. Her grandmother, Anna Maria Poschwatta born Aug. 17, 1891 in Schleswig~Hol~ stein, Austria and died at the age of 21 years soon after giving birth to Anna Bernadine, who was born May 17, 1912 in Shelby County. The Kohl family originally settled in Pennsylvania and came by covered~wagon to Iowa. A large leather bound trunk they brought their possessions in from Pennsylvania is still owned by the family. Louis Larson born Nov. 2, 1918 is the eldest son of Richard James Larson and Maude Josephine Wadsworth. Carolyns' grandfather Richard J. (called "Swede") born July 12, 1893 in Harlan was the son of Richard Larson, who was born Feb. 7, 1854 in Stockholm, Sweden and Maren Larsen born Jan. 18, 1865 in Vensyssel, Denmark. "Swede" married Maude Wadsworth March 30, 1914. She traces her ancestry to the New York and Vermont Wadsworths. It was a Wadsworth who hid the famed Charter Oak from the British. Carolyn Larson has two sisters and a brother; Donna (Mrs. Larry Reed) of Harlan, Richard James of Milwaukie, Oregon and Ardeth Ann (Mrs. Kenneth Adams) deceased March 26, 1975, at age 34 years. See Adams history in this book. After graduating from Harlan High School Carolyn studied a year of nursing and then went to work for United Airlines in Chicago. She married Craig L. Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at Harlan, Ia. and earned a P.H.T. (Putting Hubby Thru) degree for his last one and half years of veterinary college. As with most veterinarians wives she became a "Girl Friday" becoming proficient at bookkeeping, nursing and office management. For the last twelve years she has researched the family histories and is writing a book on her husband's family back to the year 1240. The Larsons' have two daughters; Jani Mari born Oct. 19, 1957 in Ames, Ia. and Judi Lea born May 5, 1960 in Creston, Ia.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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Harlan News Advertiser
Harlan, Iowa
1957 January 8
Carolyn Larson Wed To
Craig L. Larson Dec. 22
Miss Carolyn Jean Larson be~
came the bride of Craig Lynn
Larson in a Saturday evening,
December 22 ceremony in the
Methodist church. The Rev. Law~
rence Beals officiated in the 8
o'clock p.m. double ring cere~
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson. The
bridegrooms parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Larson, all of Har~
Ian.
For the candlelight ceremony,
the church was decorated in the
holiday theme. A white Christmas
tree and candelabra in the front
of the church, and large poinsettia,
encircled with white flecked
boughs on the altar, formed the
back ground for the ceremony.
Candles, snowed greens, red bows
and cones, were in the windows.
The pews down the white carpet~
ed aisle was outlined with sprigs
of snowed spruce, cones and red
satin bows. . .
Miss Patricia Peterson, organ~
ist, played the nuptial music and
accompanied soloist, Fred Louis,
III, who sang "The Lord's Pray~
er" as the couple knelt at the
altar.
The bride's brother, Richard
Larson, escorted her down the
aisle and gave her in marriage.
Her gown of white taffeta and
rosepoint lace, was fashioned with
snug elongated bodice, sweetheart
neckline, long sleeves coming to
bridal points over the wrists and
full skirt featuring a Cathedral
train. A close fitting headpiece
embroidered with seed pearls and
sequins, held the nylon tulle fin~
gertip veil in place. Her only
jewelry was small pearl ear
rings, gifts from the bridegroom.
She carried white poinsettia, en~
circled with velvet tubing and
seed pearls with bridal shower
streamers knotted with nylon
tufts and satin leaves.
Bridesmaid were the Misses
Donna and Ardeth Larson, sisters
of the bride. They wore white
nylon gowns identically styled with
snug bodice trimmed with shirred
bands, brief cap sleeves and full
waltz length skirts. With this they
wore red velvet sashes, white,
nylon gloves and red nylon tulle
hats with the velvet crowns em~
broidered in seed pearls. They
carried red poinsettia encircled
with Frenched white mums, ny~
Ion tufts, bridal satin and shower
streamers.
Ann Runyon of Des Moines,
cousin of the bridegroom, was
junior bridesmaid. She wore a
white taffeta frock styled with a
small Peter Pan lace trimmed
collar, nylon tulle skirt caught
with tiny velvet bows and a red
velvet sash. Her hat was similar
to those worn by the other two
attendents. She carried a minia~
ture bouquet, a replica of the
flowers carried by the brides~
maids.
The bridegroom was attended
by his brothers, Jerry and Doug~
las Larson. Ushers were Larry
Wunder, Ken Peterson, Al Takay~
ama afld Denny Newlin. All of the
men in the wedding party wore
navy blue business suits, white
ties and white Frenched mum
boutonnieres.
For her daughter's wedding, the
bride's mother wore a brown wool
suit with sequin embroidery trim.
and matching accessories. Mrs
Larson was attired in a periwin~
kle blue dress, white hat and
gloves. Both had a white camelia
corsage.
Mrs. Howard Rasmussen was
hostess at the reception held in
the church parlors immediately
following the ceremony. The room
was decorated with holiday green~
ery and red satin. Centering the
table from which buffet refresh~
ments were served, was an ar~
rangement of white Christmas
candles, greenery and poinsettia
blossoms. A tiered wedding cake
on a side, table was decorated in
red and white and topped with
miniature bridal couple.
Mrs. Rondel Patterson of Min~
den presided over, the coffee ser~
vice and Mrs. Lowell Philson ser~
ved the ice cream. Mary Lou
Sorensen, and Elaine Yamamoto
of Des Moines cut and served the
cake. Also assisting with serving
was Mrs. Kenneth Peterson of
Indianola. Mrs. Floyd Hess of
Omaha, served the punch.
Joan Meir of Council Bluffs and
Karen Haskell of Harlan were in
charge of the gift book and the
gift table. Sylvia Patterson of
Council Bluffs circulated the
guest book.
In charge of the refreshments
were Mmes Chet Haase, Moody
Petersen, Arthur Stofferson, Ed~
win Larsen, Victor Curtis and
Mrs. Ella Sorensen.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of the Harlan high
school. The bride took a business
course and is employed at the
Iowa~Des Moines National Bank
in Des Moines where she will con~
tinue. Mr. Larson is a junior in
veterinary medicine at Iowa State
College, Ames. The couple is
living in Des Moines following a
wedding trip to Denver, Colorado.
For going away, the bride wore
a beige sheath dress, matching
accessories and a blue coat.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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from "Past and Present of Shelby County Iowa Volume III 1916~1976"
pages 600~601
Dr. Craig L. Larson, D.V.N.
Craig L. Larson, D.V.M., son of Gerald L. Larson and Mary Eleanor Patterson, was born in Harlan, Dec. 31, 1933. His great grandfather, Marselius Larson, was one of the original Norwegian settlers in Shelby County, and his biography is in the 1889 History Book of Shelby County. The family name was originally Larsen Bru~Husebo, but was Americanized to Larson when the family came to America from their native Norway. Their Norwegian ancestry has been traced to the year 1240 by Craig's wife, Carolyn. Craig has two brothers; Jerry L. an attorney in Harlan, and Douglas J., a dentist in Storm Lake, Ia. Craig married Carolyn Jean Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at the Harlan Methodist Church. Craig graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State College in 1958. He practiced in Creston, Ia. until 1963 at which time he became a Veterinary Science Instructor at Ca. Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo, Ca. In 1965 the Larsons moved to Solvang, Ca., where they established their own veterinary hospital. They are also both licensed real estate salesmen. Craig is a Life Loyal Sigma Chi, Rotarian, and on board of directors at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, also a member of the Santa Barbara County Animal Health and Population Control Board. Honored by Who's Who in the West 1970~71, he is also a pilot and member of the Airport Owners and Pilots Assn. of America, the American Veterinary Medical Assn., the Califor~ nia Veterinary Medical Assn., the president of the Midcoast California Veterinary Medical Assn. in 1970. The Larsons are members of the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church. They have two daughters; Jani Mari, born Oct. 19, 1957 at Ames, Ia. She is a junior in high school. Judi Lea, who was born in Creston, Ia. May 5, 1960 has taken up "womens' lib" by being the only girl diver on the high school swim team. She broke the girl's diving record at the high school and earned her varsity letter as a freshman. The Larsons home is 715 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, Ca. They enjoy cattle ranching in Ca., but are proud of their Shelby County ancestry. Carolyn Jean Larson (Mrs. Craig L. Larson) daughter of Louis Leo Larson and Anna Bernadine Kohl, was born March 21, 1936 in Carthage, Mo. The history of her great grandfather, Ezara Kohl, appears in the 1889 Shelby County History book. Her grandfather, Wm. F. Kohl, was born Feb. 10, 1880 in Mechanicsville, Ia. Her grandmother, Anna Maria Poschwatta born Aug. 17, 1891 in Schleswig~Hol~ stein, Austria and died at the age of 21 years soon after giving birth to Anna Bernadine, who was born May 17, 1912 in Shelby County. The Kohl family originally settled in Pennsylvania and came by covered~wagon to Iowa. A large leather bound trunk they brought their possessions in from Pennsylvania is still owned by the family. Louis Larson born Nov. 2, 1918 is the eldest son of Richard James Larson and Maude Josephine Wadsworth. Carolyns' grandfather Richard J. (called "Swede") born July 12, 1893 in Harlan was the son of Richard Larson, who was born Feb. 7, 1854 in Stockholm, Sweden and Maren Larsen born Jan. 18, 1865 in Vensyssel, Denmark. "Swede" married Maude Wadsworth March 30, 1914. She traces her ancestry to the New York and Vermont Wadsworths. It was a Wadsworth who hid the famed Charter Oak from the British. Carolyn Larson has two sisters and a brother; Donna (Mrs. Larry Reed) of Harlan, Richard James of Milwaukie, Oregon and Ardeth Ann (Mrs. Kenneth Adams) deceased March 26, 1975, at age 34 years. See Adams history in this book. After graduating from Harlan High School Carolyn studied a year of nursing and then went to work for United Airlines in Chicago. She married Craig L. Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at Harlan, Ia. and earned a P.H.T. (Putting Hubby Thru) degree for his last one and half years of veterinary college. As with most veterinarians wives she became a "Girl Friday" becoming proficient at bookkeeping, nursing and office management. For the last twelve years she has researched the family histories and is writing a book on her husband's family back to the year 1240. The Larsons' have two daughters; Jani Mari born Oct. 19, 1957 in Ames, Ia. and Judi Lea born May 5, 1960 in Creston, Ia.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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Harlan News Advertiser
Harlan, Iowa
1957 January 8
Carolyn Larson Wed To
Craig L. Larson Dec. 22
Miss Carolyn Jean Larson be~
came the bride of Craig Lynn
Larson in a Saturday evening,
December 22 ceremony in the
Methodist church. The Rev. Law~
rence Beals officiated in the 8
o'clock p.m. double ring cere~
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson. The
bridegrooms parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Larson, all of Har~
Ian.
For the candlelight ceremony,
the church was decorated in the
holiday theme. A white Christmas
tree and candelabra in the front
of the church, and large poinsettia,
encircled with white flecked
boughs on the altar, formed the
back ground for the ceremony.
Candles, snowed greens, red bows
and cones, were in the windows.
The pews down the white carpet~
ed aisle was outlined with sprigs
of snowed spruce, cones and red
satin bows. . .
Miss Patricia Peterson, organ~
ist, played the nuptial music and
accompanied soloist, Fred Louis,
III, who sang "The Lord's Pray~
er" as the couple knelt at the
altar.
The bride's brother, Richard
Larson, escorted her down the
aisle and gave her in marriage.
Her gown of white taffeta and
rosepoint lace, was fashioned with
snug elongated bodice, sweetheart
neckline, long sleeves coming to
bridal points over the wrists and
full skirt featuring a Cathedral
train. A close fitting headpiece
embroidered with seed pearls and
sequins, held the nylon tulle fin~
gertip veil in place. Her only
jewelry was small pearl ear
rings, gifts from the bridegroom.
She carried white poinsettia, en~
circled with velvet tubing and
seed pearls with bridal shower
streamers knotted with nylon
tufts and satin leaves.
Bridesmaid were the Misses
Donna and Ardeth Larson, sisters
of the bride. They wore white
nylon gowns identically styled with
snug bodice trimmed with shirred
bands, brief cap sleeves and full
waltz length skirts. With this they
wore red velvet sashes, white,
nylon gloves and red nylon tulle
hats with the velvet crowns em~
broidered in seed pearls. They
carried red poinsettia encircled
with Frenched white mums, ny~
Ion tufts, bridal satin and shower
streamers.
Ann Runyon of Des Moines,
cousin of the bridegroom, was
junior bridesmaid. She wore a
white taffeta frock styled with a
small Peter Pan lace trimmed
collar, nylon tulle skirt caught
with tiny velvet bows and a red
velvet sash. Her hat was similar
to those worn by the other two
attendents. She carried a minia~
ture bouquet, a replica of the
flowers carried by the brides~
maids.
The bridegroom was attended
by his brothers, Jerry and Doug~
las Larson. Ushers were Larry
Wunder, Ken Peterson, Al Takay~
ama afld Denny Newlin. All of the
men in the wedding party wore
navy blue business suits, white
ties and white Frenched mum
boutonnieres.
For her daughter's wedding, the
bride's mother wore a brown wool
suit with sequin embroidery trim.
and matching accessories. Mrs
Larson was attired in a periwin~
kle blue dress, white hat and
gloves. Both had a white camelia
corsage.
Mrs. Howard Rasmussen was
hostess at the reception held in
the church parlors immediately
following the ceremony. The room
was decorated with holiday green~
ery and red satin. Centering the
table from which buffet refresh~
ments were served, was an ar~
rangement of white Christmas
candles, greenery and poinsettia
blossoms. A tiered wedding cake
on a side, table was decorated in
red and white and topped with
miniature bridal couple.
Mrs. Rondel Patterson of Min~
den presided over, the coffee ser~
vice and Mrs. Lowell Philson ser~
ved the ice cream. Mary Lou
Sorensen, and Elaine Yamamoto
of Des Moines cut and served the
cake. Also assisting with serving
was Mrs. Kenneth Peterson of
Indianola. Mrs. Floyd Hess of
Omaha, served the punch.
Joan Meir of Council Bluffs and
Karen Haskell of Harlan were in
charge of the gift book and the
gift table. Sylvia Patterson of
Council Bluffs circulated the
guest book.
In charge of the refreshments
were Mmes Chet Haase, Moody
Petersen, Arthur Stofferson, Ed~
win Larsen, Victor Curtis and
Mrs. Ella Sorensen.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of the Harlan high
school. The bride took a business
course and is employed at the
Iowa~Des Moines National Bank
in Des Moines where she will con~
tinue. Mr. Larson is a junior in
veterinary medicine at Iowa State
College, Ames. The couple is
living in Des Moines following a
wedding trip to Denver, Colorado.
For going away, the bride wore
a beige sheath dress, matching
accessories and a blue coat.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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from "Past and Present of Shelby County Iowa Volume III 1916~1976"
pages 600~601
Dr. Craig L. Larson, D.V.N.
Craig L. Larson, D.V.M., son of Gerald L. Larson and Mary Eleanor Patterson, was born in Harlan, Dec. 31, 1933. His great grandfather, Marselius Larson, was one of the original Norwegian settlers in Shelby County, and his biography is in the 1889 History Book of Shelby County. The family name was originally Larsen Bru~Husebo, but was Americanized to Larson when the family came to America from their native Norway. Their Norwegian ancestry has been traced to the year 1240 by Craig's wife, Carolyn. Craig has two brothers; Jerry L. an attorney in Harlan, and Douglas J., a dentist in Storm Lake, Ia. Craig married Carolyn Jean Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at the Harlan Methodist Church. Craig graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State College in 1958. He practiced in Creston, Ia. until 1963 at which time he became a Veterinary Science Instructor at Ca. Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo, Ca. In 1965 the Larsons moved to Solvang, Ca., where they established their own veterinary hospital. They are also both licensed real estate salesmen. Craig is a Life Loyal Sigma Chi, Rotarian, and on board of directors at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, also a member of the Santa Barbara County Animal Health and Population Control Board. Honored by Who's Who in the West 1970~71, he is also a pilot and member of the Airport Owners and Pilots Assn. of America, the American Veterinary Medical Assn., the Califor~ nia Veterinary Medical Assn., the president of the Midcoast California Veterinary Medical Assn. in 1970. The Larsons are members of the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church. They have two daughters; Jani Mari, born Oct. 19, 1957 at Ames, Ia. She is a junior in high school. Judi Lea, who was born in Creston, Ia. May 5, 1960 has taken up "womens' lib" by being the only girl diver on the high school swim team. She broke the girl's diving record at the high school and earned her varsity letter as a freshman. The Larsons home is 715 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, Ca. They enjoy cattle ranching in Ca., but are proud of their Shelby County ancestry. Carolyn Jean Larson (Mrs. Craig L. Larson) daughter of Louis Leo Larson and Anna Bernadine Kohl, was born March 21, 1936 in Carthage, Mo. The history of her great grandfather, Ezara Kohl, appears in the 1889 Shelby County History book. Her grandfather, Wm. F. Kohl, was born Feb. 10, 1880 in Mechanicsville, Ia. Her grandmother, Anna Maria Poschwatta born Aug. 17, 1891 in Schleswig~Hol~ stein, Austria and died at the age of 21 years soon after giving birth to Anna Bernadine, who was born May 17, 1912 in Shelby County. The Kohl family originally settled in Pennsylvania and came by covered~wagon to Iowa. A large leather bound trunk they brought their possessions in from Pennsylvania is still owned by the family. Louis Larson born Nov. 2, 1918 is the eldest son of Richard James Larson and Maude Josephine Wadsworth. Carolyns' grandfather Richard J. (called "Swede") born July 12, 1893 in Harlan was the son of Richard Larson, who was born Feb. 7, 1854 in Stockholm, Sweden and Maren Larsen born Jan. 18, 1865 in Vensyssel, Denmark. "Swede" married Maude Wadsworth March 30, 1914. She traces her ancestry to the New York and Vermont Wadsworths. It was a Wadsworth who hid the famed Charter Oak from the British. Carolyn Larson has two sisters and a brother; Donna (Mrs. Larry Reed) of Harlan, Richard James of Milwaukie, Oregon and Ardeth Ann (Mrs. Kenneth Adams) deceased March 26, 1975, at age 34 years. See Adams history in this book. After graduating from Harlan High School Carolyn studied a year of nursing and then went to work for United Airlines in Chicago. She married Craig L. Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at Harlan, Ia. and earned a P.H.T. (Putting Hubby Thru) degree for his last one and half years of veterinary college. As with most veterinarians wives she became a "Girl Friday" becoming proficient at bookkeeping, nursing and office management. For the last twelve years she has researched the family histories and is writing a book on her husband's family back to the year 1240. The Larsons' have two daughters; Jani Mari born Oct. 19, 1957 in Ames, Ia. and Judi Lea born May 5, 1960 in Creston, Ia.
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Harlan News Advertiser
Harlan, Iowa
1957 January 8
Carolyn Larson Wed To
Craig L. Larson Dec. 22
Miss Carolyn Jean Larson be~
came the bride of Craig Lynn
Larson in a Saturday evening,
December 22 ceremony in the
Methodist church. The Rev. Law~
rence Beals officiated in the 8
o'clock p.m. double ring cere~
mony.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson. The
bridegrooms parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Larson, all of Har~
Ian.
For the candlelight ceremony,
the church was decorated in the
holiday theme. A white Christmas
tree and candelabra in the front
of the church, and large poinsettia,
encircled with white flecked
boughs on the altar, formed the
back ground for the ceremony.
Candles, snowed greens, red bows
and cones, were in the windows.
The pews down the white carpet~
ed aisle was outlined with sprigs
of snowed spruce, cones and red
satin bows. . .
Miss Patricia Peterson, organ~
ist, played the nuptial music and
accompanied soloist, Fred Louis,
III, who sang "The Lord's Pray~
er" as the couple knelt at the
altar.
The bride's brother, Richard
Larson, escorted her down the
aisle and gave her in marriage.
Her gown of white taffeta and
rosepoint lace, was fashioned with
snug elongated bodice, sweetheart
neckline, long sleeves coming to
bridal points over the wrists and
full skirt featuring a Cathedral
train. A close fitting headpiece
embroidered with seed pearls and
sequins, held the nylon tulle fin~
gertip veil in place. Her only
jewelry was small pearl ear
rings, gifts from the bridegroom.
She carried white poinsettia, en~
circled with velvet tubing and
seed pearls with bridal shower
streamers knotted with nylon
tufts and satin leaves.
Bridesmaid were the Misses
Donna and Ardeth Larson, sisters
of the bride. They wore white
nylon gowns identically styled with
snug bodice trimmed with shirred
bands, brief cap sleeves and full
waltz length skirts. With this they
wore red velvet sashes, white,
nylon gloves and red nylon tulle
hats with the velvet crowns em~
broidered in seed pearls. They
carried red poinsettia encircled
with Frenched white mums, ny~
Ion tufts, bridal satin and shower
streamers.
Ann Runyon of Des Moines,
cousin of the bridegroom, was
junior bridesmaid. She wore a
white taffeta frock styled with a
small Peter Pan lace trimmed
collar, nylon tulle skirt caught
with tiny velvet bows and a red
velvet sash. Her hat was similar
to those worn by the other two
attendents. She carried a minia~
ture bouquet, a replica of the
flowers carried by the brides~
maids.
The bridegroom was attended
by his brothers, Jerry and Doug~
las Larson. Ushers were Larry
Wunder, Ken Peterson, Al Takay~
ama afld Denny Newlin. All of the
men in the wedding party wore
navy blue business suits, white
ties and white Frenched mum
boutonnieres.
For her daughter's wedding, the
bride's mother wore a brown wool
suit with sequin embroidery trim.
and matching accessories. Mrs
Larson was attired in a periwin~
kle blue dress, white hat and
gloves. Both had a white camelia
corsage.
Mrs. Howard Rasmussen was
hostess at the reception held in
the church parlors immediately
following the ceremony. The room
was decorated with holiday green~
ery and red satin. Centering the
table from which buffet refresh~
ments were served, was an ar~
rangement of white Christmas
candles, greenery and poinsettia
blossoms. A tiered wedding cake
on a side, table was decorated in
red and white and topped with
miniature bridal couple.
Mrs. Rondel Patterson of Min~
den presided over, the coffee ser~
vice and Mrs. Lowell Philson ser~
ved the ice cream. Mary Lou
Sorensen, and Elaine Yamamoto
of Des Moines cut and served the
cake. Also assisting with serving
was Mrs. Kenneth Peterson of
Indianola. Mrs. Floyd Hess of
Omaha, served the punch.
Joan Meir of Council Bluffs and
Karen Haskell of Harlan were in
charge of the gift book and the
gift table. Sylvia Patterson of
Council Bluffs circulated the
guest book.
In charge of the refreshments
were Mmes Chet Haase, Moody
Petersen, Arthur Stofferson, Ed~
win Larsen, Victor Curtis and
Mrs. Ella Sorensen.
Both the bride and bridegroom
are graduates of the Harlan high
school. The bride took a business
course and is employed at the
Iowa~Des Moines National Bank
in Des Moines where she will con~
tinue. Mr. Larson is a junior in
veterinary medicine at Iowa State
College, Ames. The couple is
living in Des Moines following a
wedding trip to Denver, Colorado.
For going away, the bride wore
a beige sheath dress, matching
accessories and a blue coat.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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from "Past and Present of Shelby County Iowa Volume III 1916~1976"
pages 600~601
Dr. Craig L. Larson, D.V.N.
Craig L. Larson, D.V.M., son of Gerald L. Larson and Mary Eleanor Patterson, was born in Harlan, Dec. 31, 1933. His great grandfather, Marselius Larson, was one of the original Norwegian settlers in Shelby County, and his biography is in the 1889 History Book of Shelby County. The family name was originally Larsen Bru~Husebo, but was Americanized to Larson when the family came to America from their native Norway. Their Norwegian ancestry has been traced to the year 1240 by Craig's wife, Carolyn. Craig has two brothers; Jerry L. an attorney in Harlan, and Douglas J., a dentist in Storm Lake, Ia. Craig married Carolyn Jean Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at the Harlan Methodist Church. Craig graduated as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State College in 1958. He practiced in Creston, Ia. until 1963 at which time he became a Veterinary Science Instructor at Ca. Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo, Ca. In 1965 the Larsons moved to Solvang, Ca., where they established their own veterinary hospital. They are also both licensed real estate salesmen. Craig is a Life Loyal Sigma Chi, Rotarian, and on board of directors at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, also a member of the Santa Barbara County Animal Health and Population Control Board. Honored by Who's Who in the West 1970~71, he is also a pilot and member of the Airport Owners and Pilots Assn. of America, the American Veterinary Medical Assn., the Califor~ nia Veterinary Medical Assn., the president of the Midcoast California Veterinary Medical Assn. in 1970. The Larsons are members of the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church. They have two daughters; Jani Mari, born Oct. 19, 1957 at Ames, Ia. She is a junior in high school. Judi Lea, who was born in Creston, Ia. May 5, 1960 has taken up "womens' lib" by being the only girl diver on the high school swim team. She broke the girl's diving record at the high school and earned her varsity letter as a freshman. The Larsons home is 715 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, Ca. They enjoy cattle ranching in Ca., but are proud of their Shelby County ancestry. Carolyn Jean Larson (Mrs. Craig L. Larson) daughter of Louis Leo Larson and Anna Bernadine Kohl, was born March 21, 1936 in Carthage, Mo. The history of her great grandfather, Ezara Kohl, appears in the 1889 Shelby County History book. Her grandfather, Wm. F. Kohl, was born Feb. 10, 1880 in Mechanicsville, Ia. Her grandmother, Anna Maria Poschwatta born Aug. 17, 1891 in Schleswig~Hol~ stein, Austria and died at the age of 21 years soon after giving birth to Anna Bernadine, who was born May 17, 1912 in Shelby County. The Kohl family originally settled in Pennsylvania and came by covered~wagon to Iowa. A large leather bound trunk they brought their possessions in from Pennsylvania is still owned by the family. Louis Larson born Nov. 2, 1918 is the eldest son of Richard James Larson and Maude Josephine Wadsworth. Carolyns' grandfather Richard J. (called "Swede") born July 12, 1893 in Harlan was the son of Richard Larson, who was born Feb. 7, 1854 in Stockholm, Sweden and Maren Larsen born Jan. 18, 1865 in Vensyssel, Denmark. "Swede" married Maude Wadsworth March 30, 1914. She traces her ancestry to the New York and Vermont Wadsworths. It was a Wadsworth who hid the famed Charter Oak from the British. Carolyn Larson has two sisters and a brother; Donna (Mrs. Larry Reed) of Harlan, Richard James of Milwaukie, Oregon and Ardeth Ann (Mrs. Kenneth Adams) deceased March 26, 1975, at age 34 years. See Adams history in this book. After graduating from Harlan High School Carolyn studied a year of nursing and then went to work for United Airlines in Chicago. She married Craig L. Larson Dec. 22, 1956 at Harlan, Ia. and earned a P.H.T. (Putting Hubby Thru) degree for his last one and half years of veterinary college. As with most veterinarians wives she became a "Girl Friday" becoming proficient at bookkeeping, nursing and office management. For the last twelve years she has researched the family histories and is writing a book on her husband's family back to the year 1240. The Larsons' have two daughters; Jani Mari born Oct. 19, 1957 in Ames, Ia. and Judi Lea born May 5, 1960 in Creston, Ia.
Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs
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