Eugene Francis Wrape

11-28-1958 article in Utica NY Daily Press: [http://fultonhistory.com/Process%20Small/Newspapers/Utica%20NY%20Da...]

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Wrape, 1322 Seymour Ave., celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary at 'their home yesterday. They were married Nov Otis, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Wrape wtrt married by Rev. John Mc- 27. 1916, in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Mohawk. By coincidence their anniversary this year fell on Thanksgiving Day. There was a double wedding anniversary celebration in the Wrape family. Charles, a ton of Mr. and Mrs. Wrape, was also married Nov. 27. His wedding 1953. He is now serving in ents. Mr. and Mrs. George the United States Air Force Skinner, at 39 Catherine and is stationed j e t Camp St., Mohawk. Wrape is originally from Port Leyden.

The Wrapes' first contact with each other was by telephone. Mrs. Wrape was working as a" telephone operator and handled a call placed by Wrape. They got to talking and later met i t a dance in Mohawk. They have four sons and

• 1013 Dudley Ave- waa bridesmaid. At the time of the wedding she lived In Lyons Falls. She la now a teacher la Roecoe Conklmg School.

Wrape's brother, Charles, one daughter, all married, was best man. He died They have tight grandaboutM years ago. daughters and two grand- Before the wedding Mrs. sorts. The oldest grandchild took place in Wyoming in Wrape lived with her par- Is 16, the youngest 10 months.

Wrape worked in a knit- - ting mill in Port Leyden for a time after the wedding and then took a job with Savage Arms Co. in Utica ^where he stayed for two and ahalf years. He was employed by the First Bank in Utica for 20 years and for the past 11 years has worked for Remington JUnd in Uion.