31. Shirley Mae4 Nauta (Ora Geurink3, Henry John2, Arent Jan1) was born Wausau, WI April 28, 1935.
She married Sharon Arthur Leider in Forestville Reformed Church, Town of Easton, WI, July 24, 1953.
*Leider-Nauta Rites in Easton - text taken from Wausau newspaper: Miss Shirley Mae Nauta, daughter of the Wiebe Nautas, Town of Easton, and Sharon A Leider, son the Arthur Leiders, Bimamwood, exchanged vows in a pretty summer ceremony last Friday afternoon at the Fomstville Reformed Church in the Town of Easton. The bridegroom is an airman in the Navy at Kingsville, Tex., where the couple will reside after Aug. 15.
The Rev. Jacob Groetsema performed the rites and Mrs. Floyd Geurink, Town of Easton, was the organist at the wedding of her niece. Miss Joann Smith, Ringle, and Miss Joann Schroeder, Birnamwood, sang “The Twenty-Third Psalm” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” The traditional Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches were played.
The soloists and the bride’s aides were her school friends at the Bimamwood High School. The former wore ballerina-length dresses in blue and pink and they and the organist had corsages matching their dresses
and the rhinestone bracelets received from the bride.
Miss Virginia Clark, Bimamwood, was the maid of honor and the three bridesmaids were the Misses Joann Grill, of that village, Sally Sickler, Ringle, and Shirley Zahrt, Town of Easton. Pamela Schultz, Bowen, Ill., served as flower girl.
Chosen as best man was James Cannon, Birnamwood, and groomsmen were Glenn and Gerald Geurink, Town of Easton, and Reuben Echardt, Bimamwood.
William Holster, Wausau, was the ringbearer, carrying a round blue satin pillow encircled with a net rullle.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attired in a princess-style gown with a lace bodice accented with a curved sheer yoke and fitted sleeves of lace pointed over the wrists. The entrained skirt of net over satin had vertical panels of lace. Her coronation crown with pearls secured a finger-tip veil of fine net and she held a shower bouquet of red roses with streamers caught with fern sprays and tiny rosebuds. The pin on her purse was from her aunt’s wedding gown. Her pearl jewelry set was a gifl of the groom.
The maid of honor was in light blue and the bridesmaids in pink, aqua and yellow nylon net over taffeta gowns. The strapless bodices had stoles and the waistlines were accented with flowers. Ruffles trimmed the skirts at one side. The flower girl wore a gown of light blue nylon net over taffeta featuring a hoop skirt and a bodice styled like the brides. Her veil was of blue net.
All wore sprays of flowers, harmonizing with their gowns, in their hair and carried colonial bouquets of complementing flowers with ribbons the colors of their dresses. Their necklaces were gifts of the bride.
Mrs. Nauta was present in a light aqua linen suit dress with white accessories and Mrs. Leider in a light rose suit with navy blue accessories. Red and white roses formed their corsages.
Among the honored guests were the bridegroom‘s grandmothers, Mrs. Arma Leider, Wausau, and Mrs. Minnie Schultz, Milwaukee, and the bride’s grandfather, Henry Geurink, Town of Easton.
Ushers were Kenneth Fraaza, Town of Easton, and Jerry Schoenike, Clintonville.
The altar was adorned with bouquets of garden flowers and white satin bows marked the pews.
The wedding dinner at 5:30 o’clock was served to 65 guests in the Club Normandie at the Eau Claire Dells, and 300 guests were entertained there at a reception at 8 o’clock The four-tiered wedding cake was beautifully decorated and topped with a miniature couple, bouquets of flowers accented either end of the table.
The Nauta home was decorated with streamers in the bridal color theme.
Guests included those from Wausau, Schofield Rothschild Birnamwood, Antigo, Clintonville, Manitowoc, Hilbert, Kaukauna, Boulder, Lena, Milwaukee, Phlox, Tomahawk, Bowen, Ill., and Manhattan,
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When the couple left on a trip to Northern Wisconsin, the bride had donned a light blue nylon dress complemented with white and navy accessories and a gardenia corsage.
Sharon was born in Wisconsin May 5, 1933.
Shirley died June 24,200O in Peshtigo, WI, at 65 years of age.
*Text taken from Wausau newspaper dated June 27,200O: Shirley M. Leider, age 65, of N6466 Hwy 180, Marinette, died Sat. June 24, 2000, at the Whispering Oaks Nursing Home, Peshtigo.
The former Shirley Nauta was born in Wausau on April 28, 1935. She graduated from Birnamwood High School; she drove a school bus for Wausau schools for 7 years. She moved to Marinette in 1979, and drove a bus for the Marinette School System until she retired in 1999, because of illness. She was a member of the Porterfield Lutheran Church, Porterfield, and served as member of the church council, board and caregivers of the church. She married S. Arthur Leider on July 24, 1953, in the town of Easton.
Besides her husband she is survived by one son, Dale (Vicki) Leider of Marinette; her mother, Ora Nauta, Minocqua, Wis.; one brother, James (Karen) Nauta, Wausau; a brother-in-law Ken Leider of Lynnwood, Wash.; five grandchildren, Kevin, Todd, Deanna, Nathan and Maecy; two great-grandchildren, Reid and KeMedy; also special friends, Gail Bantes and Robert and Lorraine Holster. She was preceded in death by a son, Dean; two daughters, Sandra and Peggy Lynn. Although she lost three children, she was blessed by God to raise three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Thielen Funeral Home, Marinette, Wis., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and from 9:30 a.m. until the 11 a.m. sevices Wednesday at the Porterfield Lutheran Church, Porter-field. the Rev. Michael Werner will officiate. Burial will be in the Forest Cemetery in Birnamwood, Wis.
A special thanks to Dr. Daroach and the staff at Whispering Oaks.
Historical events during the life of Shirley Mae Nauta:
Shirley Mae Nauta and Sharon Arthur Leider had the following children:
*Text taken from Wausau newspaper dated December 28, 1974: Word has been received in Wausau of the death of Miss Pegs Lynn Leider, 17, Marinette, a former Wausau resident who died early Friday morning in Marinette as a result of an automobile accident.
Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the Porter-field Lutheran Church, Marinette.
The Rev. Eugene Roesler will officiate. Friends may call at the Thielen Funeral Home, Marinette, from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Miss Leider was born Aug. 151957, in Wausau, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Arthur Leider. She was a senior at Marinette High School and active in many school organizations. She moved to Marinette with her parents in 1971. Survivors, besides her parents, include two brothers, Dale and Dean, at home; a sister, Mrs. Roger Goehl Jr., Marinette; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Nauta, Minocqua, and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lorretta Leider, Bimamwood.
*Text taken from Wausau newspaper dated July 12, 1978: Dean Arthur Leider, 17, Marinette, died Sunday evening as a result of a Marinette County auto accident.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Porterfield Lutheran Church, Marinette.
Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. at Birnamwood Cemetery. Friends may call Tom 4 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Thielen Funeral Home, Marinette.
Dean was born in Wausau on Aug. 6,1960, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Arthur Leider, now of Marinette. He lettered in football and wrestliug for the Past three years at Marinette High School and would have been a senior this fall.
Survivors besides his parents include a brother, Dale, at home; a sister, Mrs. Roger Roehl Jr., Marinette; maternal grandParents, Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Nauta, Minocqua and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Loretta Leider, Bimamwood.
