GIRL HANDS MAN $25,000 SHARE OF WINNINGS; THEN WOWS TO “LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY” HIM Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17 — A girl who would hand a man $25,000 to keep a jesting promise should really take seriously a vow to “love, honor and obey.” thought Walter Kupfer, Crete, Neb., flour mill clerk. So Tuesday night, Kupfer, 56, and Miss Oma McIlnay, 27, were married here.
The marriage was the culmination of a romance which started five years ago when both were employed at the Crete mills. Kupfer was selling tickets for a national Shrine contest and urged Miss McIlnay to buy one. When she declined, he finally purchased a ticket and presented it to her. “If I win anything, I’ll split it with you.” laughingly promised the young woman. When she won the $50,000 first prize, she gave half to Kupfer.
They declined to say anything about the status of the $50,000 Tuesday night, said their future plans are indefinite.
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Billings Gazette, August 18, 1937.
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McILNAY-KUPFER
Miss
Oma McIlnay daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. McIlnay of Crete, and
Walt Kupfer, son of Mrs. Margaret Franz of Des Moines, Iowa, were married Tuesday evening, at seven o’clock, at Omaha. Rev. George Tyner assistant rector of Trinity Episcopal church of Omaha, read the marriage lines. They were attented by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Dill of Omaha and Mr. and Mrs. Rowe of Lincoln. Mrs. Rowe is a sister of the bridegroom. The wedding dinner was served at the Paxton hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Kupfer will take an auto trip to the Pacific northwest, and the best wishes and congratulations of a host of friends accompany them.
— The Crete News (Crete, Nebraska). 19 Aug 1937.
