Kelly Hayes and John Nordstrom had crossed paths countless times since they were children, but it was only about two years ago that they finally connected. Both had grown up in Middletown, N.J., their homes only 10 minutes apart. And they had a mutual friend, although they were never in that friend’s company together. “She…
Charlotte Elizabeth Blank and Robert Jordan Schwartzberg were married Oct. 12 in St. Louis. C. Stuart Arnold, a friend of the bride’s family who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated in the sculpture garden of the St. Louis Art Museum. Ms. Blank, 35, is the chief behavioral officer, leading the behavioral science…
All weddings hold special meaning for the newlyweds. But for Sarah Aiken, her wedding meant finally meeting Kinley Strohl, a 14-year-old cancer survivor whose life she saved by donating her bone marrow seven years earlier. When it was time to plan the guest list for her wedding, Ms. Aiken didn’t hesitate to add the Strohl…
Barbara Newman Zack and Norman Joel Rubin are to be married Oct. 13 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Mich. Rabbi Aaron Starr is to officiate, with Hazzan David Propis to take part. The bride, 72, retired as a substitute social studies teacher at Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Mich. She was previously a…
Steven Scott Mazzola and Dr. Jeffrey Scott Akman were married Oct. 12 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. Dr. Jehan El-Bayoumi, a friend of the couple and authorized to officiate by the District of Columbia, led the ceremony. Mr. Mazzola (left) 48, is a senior grants manager at the…
Kimberly Aylin Harris and Gilbert Godfrey Campbell III are to be married Oct. 13 at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. The Rev. Dr. Gilbert G. Campbell Jr., a Baptist minister and father of the groom, is to officiate. The bride, 37, works in Washington as a regional president of Compass Real…
Emily Motayed and Chase Richard Lancaster were married Oct. 12 in Andalusia, Pa. Lindsay M. Costello, a Universal Brotherhood Movement minister, officiated at the Andalusia Historic House and Gardens. On Oct. 11, the couple had a ceremonial Hindu wedding that was led by Kamanshish Chakravorty, a friend of the bride’s family, at the Logan Hotel…
Allegra Elizabeth Kirkland and Daniel Chapman Graf were married Oct. 12 at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club, a beach club and events space in Bridgehampton, N.Y. Megan Lovallo, a friend of the couple who was ordained through American Marriage Ministries, officiated. Ms. Kirkland, 29, is the senior politics editor at Teen Vogue in Manhattan.…
Jane Alissa Flegal and Eric Robert Dougherty were married Oct. 12 at Colony 29, an events space in Palm Springs, Calif. Mary H. Russo, an aunt of the bride, solemnized the marriage, having been designated a deputy commissioner of marriages in Riverside County. The bride and groom each received a doctoral degree in environmental science,…
Christine Alice Dalton and Jackson Jenssen Kamine were married Oct. 12 at Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, N.Y. Robert A. Ramin, an uncle of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride and groom, both 28, met at Cornell, from which each graduated. Mrs. Kamine works…