Looking for a unique ceremony location? Read this... Couple marries at Ind. laundromat
Couple marries at Ind. laundromat
By Associated Press, 4/9/02
LOGANSPORT, Ind. — It was a wedding where guests tossed sheets of fabric softener instead of rice.
But Carolyn Gross and John Oehlert wanted to exchange vows where their courtship began: at a coin-operated laundry.
About 25 people attended Monday's ceremony at the High Street Laundry in Logansport, about 70 miles north of Indianapolis. Some watched while folding clothes.
The 'Wedding March' played on a cassette amid the swishing sounds of washers and the hum of spinning dryers. The scent of detergent filled the air.
'Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?' asked the Rev. Jim Sparks, projecting his voice over the clatter of a change machine.
At one point, a laundry cart rattled as a young woman wheeled it past the couple, who stood between two carts decorated with flowers.
'This is where it kind of started,' Gross said. 'He kept asking me out, and I kept telling him no, but he wore me down.'
Three months later, Oehlert proposed.
'We knew each other for about 12 years,' Oehlert said. 'I thought she worked here.'
The owners of the laundry, Brad and Sheri Deardorff, were thrilled that the couple chose to hold their nuptials at their business.
'They asked me about having it here,' Brad Deardorff said. 'I said, 'Hey, it's your day.''
By Associated Press, 4/9/02
LOGANSPORT, Ind. — It was a wedding where guests tossed sheets of fabric softener instead of rice.
But Carolyn Gross and John Oehlert wanted to exchange vows where their courtship began: at a coin-operated laundry.
About 25 people attended Monday's ceremony at the High Street Laundry in Logansport, about 70 miles north of Indianapolis. Some watched while folding clothes.
The 'Wedding March' played on a cassette amid the swishing sounds of washers and the hum of spinning dryers. The scent of detergent filled the air.
'Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?' asked the Rev. Jim Sparks, projecting his voice over the clatter of a change machine.
At one point, a laundry cart rattled as a young woman wheeled it past the couple, who stood between two carts decorated with flowers.
'This is where it kind of started,' Gross said. 'He kept asking me out, and I kept telling him no, but he wore me down.'
Three months later, Oehlert proposed.
'We knew each other for about 12 years,' Oehlert said. 'I thought she worked here.'
The owners of the laundry, Brad and Sheri Deardorff, were thrilled that the couple chose to hold their nuptials at their business.
'They asked me about having it here,' Brad Deardorff said. 'I said, 'Hey, it's your day.''
