Above: The present church building was being used before it was completely finished as these photos attest. With a few rescued pews from the church that had burned and several rows of chairs to seat their guests, Oscar Joseph Huso, Jr. and Nola Eloise Westman were married. We know it was not the first wedding to take place in the church building. Nola's sister Connie married Ralph Archer in June of that year. There were others beginning in June of 1950. The mother of the brides made the aisle runner to keep the trains on their dresses from dusting the uncarpeted floor.
Above: Oscar J. Huso, Signa Engen Huso, and son Oscar Jr. (Sonny). Bride Nola with parents Odin Milton Westman, Esther Erlandson Westman. All members of Sundahl Lutheran Church.
A reception was held following the ceremony in the church basement. A sheet is hung in the kitchen to improve the background because the windows did not close and the floor was bare cement.
The wedding gifts interested the bride and groom, but I was impressed with the unfinished walls.
Unfinished walls are again the background and an unfinished floor underfoot which means this was also a view in the basement on that day. This marriage resulted in five children, all baptized and confirmed in Sundahl Lutheran Church: Odin James (Jim), Jane Kirsti, David Lynn, Nathan Joseph, and Holly June.
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