Attending the couple were Miss Lois Carlson, cousin of the bride-groom and Gene Poulter. Misses Jean and Eleanor Hoban of Chicago, cousins of the bridge, were bridesmaids, William Bollman and John Oberle, Jr., served asushers. The bride was given in marriage by her father.

Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Henry Sand, aunt of the bride, sang "Because" and "Oh Promise Me", accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Raymond Matthews, who also played other nuptial music.

The bride was attired in a princess style white velvet gown with a short train and long sleeves coming to a point over the hands. Her fingertip net veil was held in place by a ahalo of sweet peas. Her bouquet was of white sweet peas centered with white camellias, and she wore a string of white crystals, a gift of the bridegroom.

Miss Carlson and the bridesmaids wore identical dresses of aqua brocaded taffeta, fashioned with sweetheart necklines and full skirts. They wore an earmuff arrangement of gold chrysanthemums and carried colonial bouquets of the flowers. Each wore a single strand of pearls.

Mrs. Sand wore a gold dress and black accessories and a corsage of white carnations. Mrs. Johnson, mother of the bridegroom, wore a beige dress with brown accessories and a corsage of white carnations.

Following the ceremony a reception was held in the church parlor. table appointments were in white. A wedding cake, topped with a miniature bride and groom and wedding bell, centered the table. Mrs. Kenneth Morath of Dixon, Miss Dora Lancaster and Mrs. Charles Sibley presided at the serving table. Irene Oetzel, student at the University of Illinois, and Dorothy Curry were waitresses and wore aqua and beige dresses and white aprons.

The couple left Sunday evening on a wedding trip. For traveling the bride wore a gold suit with brown accessories and a corsage of camellias.

Mrs Johnson was graduated from the Prophetstown high school in 1943 and attended Ray-Vogue school of fashion art in Chicago.