Cudgegong Valley History Project

WEDDING. MUMFORD - KEECH. A very pretty wedding took place in St. Luke's Church, Lue, on Wednesday, September 16, when Vera Edna, daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Mumford, of "Monivae,'' Lue, was married to Oliver Barker, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Keech, of Lithgow. The Rev. Thompson officiated. The bride looked charming in a gown of ivory charmonte and georgette, with pearl and ostrich trimmings. Her train of ivory geergette, underlined with pale pink was suspended from the shoulders and was worn with a plain tulle veil, encircled with a band of silver leaves and orange blossoms. She carried a beautiful bouquet of white carnations, white sweet peas and maiden hair fern. She was attended by Miss Florence Batten (cousin), while her sister, Thelma, acted as train bearer. The former was frocked in shell pink georgette over cashmere de soie, with mob cap and silver tissue to match and the latter in pale mauve georgette over cashmere de soie, with silver head dress. Each carried a bouquet ot pale pink and pale mauve sweet peas, the gift of the bridegroom. The bride's bRother (Mr. J«. Mumford, Wellington), acted as best man. The gift of the bride-groom to the bride was a gold wristlet watch and to the brides-maids gold armlets. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a silver cigarette case. A reception was afterwards held in the Lue Hall, where about 50 guests were entertained, and the usual toasts proposed and honored. Later the happy couple left for Lithgow and Sydney by car, where the honeymoon will be spent, the bride travelling in a navy costume with hat to match (Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, Monday 21 September 1925, page 9).

DEATHS KEECH, Mary. - August 25, 1968, at hospital, beloved mother of Oliver (dec.) and Hope, loving grandmother and great grandmother of their families. Privately cremated August 27, 1968, aged 91 years. Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 31 August 1968, p. 108. Death Mary Keech