WILLIAM MOONAN TAKES BRIDE
Miss. Margaret Josephine Ingalsbe, 707 1/2 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, became the bride of William J. Moonan, 213 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, at 2 p.m. April 2 in St. Patrick's Church, Oneida, with the Rev. Aubrey R. Seiter, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Rome, officiating.
The bride, a member of the faculty at Bell Rd. School, Rome, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Ingalsbe, 329 Main St., Oneida. Mr. Moonan, a member of the faculty at Rome Free Academy, is the son of Mrs. William J. Moonan, Boonville.
Miss. Mary Haulenbeck, cousin of the bride, Kingston, was maid of honor, and Miss. Eleanor F. Ingalsbe, sister of the bride, was junior bridesmaid. Edward Moonan, Boonville, brother of the groom, was bestman, and ushers were Ward W. Ingalsbe, Jr., Oneida, and John Moonan, Utica, brother of the groom.
John LaFalce, Poughkeepsie, was soloist. After the ceremony a reception was held at the bride's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Moonan left by plane for a wedding trip to Bermuda. They will make their home on W. Bloomfield St., Rome, upon their return.
The bride is a graduate of Keuka College, and the groom is a graduate of Crane School of Music, Potsdam State Teachers College. In addition to his teaching here, he is director of the Rome-Griffiss Civic Chorus and of the Rome Chapter of Barbershoppers.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of pure silk dupioni fashioned with bateau neckline edged with Venice lace and iridescent sequins and baby pearls, with a three-tiered full gathered skirt with elongated torso finished with a chapel sweep. She carried a crescent bouquet of white carnations and stephanotis.
Pre-nuptial showers were given the bride by Mrs. Milton Rudnick, Mrs. George Fryer, Mrs. Cyril Williams, Mrs. Lowell Grafton, teachers of Bell Road School. The couple was feted at a party and shower given by the Rome-Griffiss Civic Chorus of which Mr. Moonan is conductor.
Out-of-town guests were from Boonville, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Woodstock, Kingston, Utica and Ridgewood, N.J.
from original newspaper article, Boonville Herald, Boonville, NY, Thursday . April 12, 1956, pg. 1
