Hillary Peckham felt a different kind of pain when Maren Hall-Wieckert, whom she had been dating for four years, decided in August 2016 to leave New York to attend the University of Colorado, where he would begin a Ph.D. program in learning sciences. “I was stunned and really hurt,” Ms. Peckham said. “This happened just…
Mary Kabir Seraj and Gregory Thomas Schwartz Bischoping were married Aug. 24 at the Roman Catholic Parish of Our Saviour in New York. The Rev. Robert J. Robbins performed the ceremony. In September, Ms. Seraj, 27, is to begin as a first-year business finance and restructuring associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a law firm…
Shayla Mansfield gets a lot of compliments on her diamond engagement ring. She always has the same response when she does. “Thank you, it’s actually my mother’s ashes,” said Ms. Mansfield, 29, who lives in Viera, Fla., and works for Vivint, a home security system provider. The bride-to-be’s mother, Shirley Mansfield, died Dec. 29, 2017,…
Melissa Fernandez and Lyvan Verdecia met through social media in the spring of 2015. She was living in Harlem and had been performing for three years with Ballet Hispánico, a contemporary dance company in Manhattan. He was in Miami working as a day laborer, hopping on trucks bound for South Florida fields in need of…
Kelly Anne Widelska and Courtney Marie Stamm were married Aug. 23 in New York. Sarah J. Ritchie, an interfaith minister, officiated at the Dene Summerhouse in Central Park. Ms. Widelska (left), 44, is the global head of knowledge at the International Finance Corporation, which is in Washington and is the private-sector branch of the World…
Dora Epelboim and Daniel Jacob Schreiber are to be married Aug. 25 at the North Ritz Club in Syosset, N.Y. Rabbi Irwin Huberman is to officiate, with Cantor Gustavo Gitlin to take part. The couple, both 27, met in Waltham, Mass., at Brandeis University, from which they graduated. From 2010 to 2012, the bride served…
Caroline J. M. Dubois and Yohan Avner Benizri are to be married Aug. 25 at City Hall in the Uccle area of Brussels. Jonathan Biermann, a friend of the groom who is an alderman there, is to officiate. Ms. Dubois, 37, who goes by Caro, works in Brussels as the in-house counsel at Intrasoft International,…
Lydia Charlotte Ramsey and Andrew Jacob Pflanzer were married Aug. 24 at the Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston, Ill. The Rev. Dr. Carl Hansen, a Lutheran minister, performed the ceremony. The bride, 26, is a senior health care reporter at Business Insider in New York. She graduated from Northwestern. She is a daughter of Lisa…
Rebecca Elizabeth Carlson and Nikhil Jayant Bhat were married Aug. 24 at Stone Mill at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Meera Bhat, the groom’s sister who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. Ms. Carlson, 29, is the associate director of strategy for the College Board, the education nonprofit organization…
Sophie Georgina Clarke and Robert Spencer Shady were married Aug. 24 at the bride’s parents’ house along Lake Champlain in Willsboro, N.Y. Bryony Winn, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated, incorporating Jewish and Anglican traditions. Ms. Clarke, 30, is an engagement manager focusing on improving health…