A quiet wedding was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage in Watseka at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. August 22, 1928, when Miss Dorothy Schlotman of this place became the bride of Mr. Clay Pothuisje of Goodland, Ind. Rev. Stanley Ward, pastor of the church, officiating.
The ceremony was witnessed by the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schlotman1, Miss Ida Schlotman, aunt of the bride, the groom’s sister, Mrs. Ivan Nutland2, son Edgar, and Mr. Arthur Pothuisje3, brother of the groom.
The bride was attired in a beige colored crepe satin gown, with hat and other accessories to correspond.
Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left for a motor trip through central Michigan.
The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. Oscar Schlotman, residing south of town and is a graduate of the Sheldon Community High School, class of 1928. She has spent her entire life in this vicinity and is held in high esteem by all who know her.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pothuisje of Goodland, and is an honorable and industrious young man, worth in every respect of the bride he has chosen. He is a graduate of the Wadena high school, class of 1925, and the past few years he has been engaged in farming with his father.
Mr. and Mrs. Pothuisje will make their home on a farm south of Goodland, owned by the groom’s father. Their many friends join in wishing them much happiness and extend congratulations.
Source
Unknown newspaper and date, but probably the Sheldon Journal
Notes
People mentioned in this article:
- Dorothy Elizabeth Schlotman Pothuisje (1908-1992)
- John Clay ‘Clay’ Pothuisje (1905-1997)
- Reverend Stanley Ward (1879-1958)
- Oscar Francis Schlotman (1876-1956)
- Gertrude Agnes “Gertie” Quinn Schlotman (1891-1973)
- Ida Grace Schlotman (1884-1958)
- Caroline Mae Pothuisje Nutt (1898-1978)
- John Edgar “Edgar” Nutt (1919-2012)
- Arthur Robinson Pothuisje (1912-1986)
- John Julius Pothuisje (1868-1951)
- Harriet May “Hattie” Robinson Pothuisje (1873-1962)
Footnotes
- Mrs. Oscar Schlotman was Gertrude Agnes “Gertie” Quinn Schlotman (1891-1973). She was Dorothy’s stepmother. Dorothy’s mother died when she was three years old. Her father married Gertie when she was eight. So, Gertie definitely had a big role in raising Dorothy and may have been the only mother she remembered. ↩︎
- This was Caroline Mae Pothuisje Nutt (1898-1978), not “Nutland.” ↩︎
- Dorothy’s first cousin, Helen Lucyle Schlotman Pothuisje (1913-2003) married Arthur Robinson Pothuisje (1912-1986) in 1933. ↩︎