Mary Matilda Russo

1923 - 2008  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Matilda Russo
  Born	18 May 1923  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Matilda Hergott
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-132013
  Died	26 Oct 2008  [1]
  Buried	Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I132013	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Russo,   b. 6 Oct 1885, , Italy ,   d. 19 Jul 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Mary Embro,   b. 13 Nov 1894, Porto Empedocle, Sicilia, Italy ,   d. 30 Aug 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F300485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Raymond Leander "Rammie" Hergott,   b. 1920, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 2006  (Age 86 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Mary Jane "Janie" Hergott
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F52843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Miss Mary Russo, Raymond Hergott Plight Troth Prof Zollner presided at the organ console yesterday morning for the wedding of Miss Mary Russo, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Russo, to Mr. Raymond L. Hetgott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hergott. Stahl Avenue. Gladioli were used to decorate the altar of St. Mary's R.C. Church. The bride was given in marriage by Mr. Pat Giovinazzo. She wore a long white net gown over taffeta made with sweetheart neckline trimmed with white velvet ribbon and centred with a velvet bow with long streamers. Her headdress was in Queen Anne style, catching to her head a long bridal veil of imported embroidered Brussels net. Her bouquet was of Better Times roses. Miss Rita Hergott, sister of the bridegroom was the maid of honor and Miss Irene Hergott, sister of the bridegroom was the bridesmaid. The former wore a long maze colored net gown over taffeta. It had a square neckline trimmed with mauve velvet ribbon. Her headdress was of Swiss veiling. She carried a nosegay to match her gown. The bridesmaid was attired in a long powder, blue gown of marquisette Grecian lines with sweetheart neckline trimmed with dark blue velvet ribbon. She wore a floral headdress and carried nosegay to match her gown. Mr. Charles Giovinazzo, Chestnut Street was best man. Messrs. Frank Marshall, Sunnyside. brother-in- law of the bride, and Leonard Hergott of Brantford, brother of the bridegroom, were the ushers. A wedding dinner was served at the Olde Mill Coffee Shoppe, followed by a reception at the home of the bridegroom's parents, the rooms of which were decorated with white, yellow and blue streamers centring a wedding bell. The mother of the bridegroom assisted the bridal couple to receive the 50 guests. She wore a luggage tan redingote of Pall Mall crepe. The dress was fashioned on princess lines with sweetheart neckline and fitted matching coat with flared skirt. Her hat and purse matched her dress and she wore a corsage of Talisman roses. On their return from a wedding trip to Montreal, the couple will make their home at 97 Queen Street South. Out-of-town guests were from Toronto, Brantford, Guelph, Detroit and Sunnyside. Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Sep 8, 1942 Page 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90516952/mary-matilda-hergott.

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 7 Sep 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth