The traditional bride
Danielle Ware, 21, La Harpe, and Zachary Louk, 23, Moran, met at a bowling alley five years ago when both were in high school.
“He was just so nice and caring and he had a little sister that was like 8 months and he was just so sweet to her,” Ware said of her initial attraction to Louk. “He is really kind-hearted.”
Ware lives at home with her parents, Jenny and Daniel Ware Jr., La Harpe. She is employed at Class Act Salon, Iola and Louk is employed at Natural Ag Solutions, Moran. After they are married, she and Louk plan to move into a house she inherited from her late grandfather, Daniel Ware Sr.
Unfortunately, the house needs remodeling. Fortunately, her dad is a building contractor. As owner of Superior Builders, Dan Jr. along with Louk are taking care of the remodeling needs. Ware said she is making the interior design choices, things like paint and linoleum.
“Zach could honestly care less what anything looks like,” Ware said with a smile. Those are tasks, Ware said, that look to be more fun on Reality TV than in real life. Still, Ware is eager to have the construction completed.
The couple became engaged on Valentine’s Day 2016. Six months before that, Ware had spotted the engagement ring Louk had purchased.
“I thought he was going to ask at Christmas, then Christmas came and he never asked, and New Year’s came and I was like, ‘OK’ and then on Valentine’s Day he proposed,” Ware said.
The couple are getting married on May 20 at the Little Toledo Hunting Lodge, Chanute. Ware said the stress of planning a wedding for 250 guests is minimal — thanks to the help of a wedding planner.
“Our florist has taken on so much,” Ware said of Stephanie McDonald of Stephanie’s Floral Creations, Richmond. “I am so grateful for her. She comes in and keeps me on track and tells me what to do by what date, so she has done a lot of the planning.”
Still, Ware said, she worries that there will be some minor detail that gets left out. She said both sides of the family are pitching in and everyone gets along well. She picked out her dress during a shopping adventure to Kansas City that included her mother, grandmother, Joyce Bratsch, Iola, Louk’s mother, Jennifer Louk, Moran, and her grandmother, Jonet Bland, Moran. She said the shopping posse went to two stores. In the first one the help brought dresses out to the bride-to-be. Danielle said she relied upon the reactions of her party to know how she looked. Her mother and grandmother went for the glittery type, she said. At the second store the women walked around and picked out ideas of their own, eventually narrowing the selection down to two. Danielle opted for glitter and sparkle, but because the wedding is outdoors, not too heavy. She’s also opting for sandals.
Ware is not the only person that needed new attire. Her six bridesmaids will be wearing pink blush dresses in varying styles.
Louk’s outfit, according to Ware, will include cowboy boots.
“I don’t think I could get him to wear dress shoes,” Ware said.
This is where the soon-to-be married couple differ, according to Ware.
