Society “Wedding Announcements” item in the San Antonio Express-News of Sunday, 8 June 1969 for the McCormick-McClung wedding: Miss Mary Kathleen McClung married James Franklin McCormick on Saturday in St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, Rev. Adolph Windisch officiating. Project value: “Albert G. Menger, uncle of the bride, served as lector of the Mass.”
This is the cleanest dated family-network attestation in the corpus identifying the Menger–McClung line. Cross-referenced with the 1974 and 1987 obituaries, the relationship traces:
- Gus P. Menger → daughter (= Mrs. Guy La Monte McClung Jr., listed as Rose Marie McClung in the 1974 Gus P. obituary as a daughter living in Houston/Round Rock) → bridesmaids and bride.
- Albert G. Menger (uncle to the McClung daughters) is therefore brother to Mrs. Guy La Monte McClung Jr. — one of Gus P. Menger’s daughters.
- Sisters of the bride Rose Marie McClung and Mary Margaret McClung were bridesmaids; brother Guy La Monte McClung III was a groomsman; brother Samuel McClung was an altar boy. So Mary Kathleen, Rose Marie, Mary Margaret, Joan Ruth, Guy La Monte III, and Samuel McClung are all siblings and all nieces/nephews of Albert G. Menger.
Transcription
Wedding Announcements
McCormick-McClung
Miss Mary Kathleen McClung and James Franklin McCormick were united in marriage Saturday in St. Gregory’s Catholic Church. The Rev. Adolph Windisch officiated.
Samuel McClung, brother of the bride, and Mark Fisher served as altar boys; Albert G. Menger, uncle of the bride, served as lector of the Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy La Monte McClung Jr. are parents of the bride. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Chester McCormick. Miss Joan Ruth McClung was her sister’s maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Rose Marie McClung and Miss Mary Margaret McClung, sisters of the bride, and Miss Milagros Maldonado.
Paul R. LaPlante was best man. Groomsmen were Guy La Monte McClung III, brother of the bride, Ernest Herrera and Allan Cusack. Ushers were Francis Moczygemba, Bruce Reinhardt and Wayne Cusack.
Photo caption right: MRS. J. F. McCORMICK
Source
- “Wedding Announcements — McCormick-McClung,” San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Tex.), Sunday, 8 June 1969, p. 74.
- Digital clip: Newspapers.com (accessed 20 May 2026).
- Archived PDF: /assets/pdfs/1969-06-08-san-antonio-express-news-mccormick-mcclung-wedding-menger-uncle.pdf.
- Gallery: Newspaper Clippings (HH-CLIP-1969-0002).