Individual Details

Census (family)

Head George H Coffin M 59 Iowa NY IL
Wife Anna C Coffin F 56 Pennsylvania, NY PA
Son Derwood C Coffin M 21 Nebraska, IA PA
Daughter-in-law Avelda Coffin F 18 Iowa, IA IA

Marriage

Avelda Hanssen Married at Hot Springs, South Dakota.

The Christian church parsonage at Hot Hprlngs, South Dakota, was the scene of a quiet wedding Saturday, March 15, when Miss Avelda Hanssen of Monticello, Iowa, became the bride of Derwood C. Coffin of Ardmore, S. D. The single ring ceremony was performed at 4 o'clock by the S. R. Wall.
Miss Hanssen wore tan flat crepe, and carried a colonial bouquet of sweet peas, pansies and bridal wreath. Her bridesmaid, Miss Lucille Smith of Hot Springs, S. D., carried sweet peas and bridal wreath. After the ceremony, a wedding supper was served at the home of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Coffin of Ardmore, S. D.
The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Hanssen of Monticello, Iowa, and a niece of Mrs. Linn Tlllotson of Rumford S. D. She is a graduate of the Monticello public schools and attended Black Hills Teachers college at Spearfish, S. D.
During the past year she has been teaching In the rural schools of Fall River county, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Coffin will make their home In Ardmore after the first of June.