Elisabeth Suzanne Trissel and Patrick James McKenna were married Sept. 1 in their backyard in Denver. The Rev. Liliana Stahlberg, a Lutheran priest, performed the ceremony.
Mrs. McKenna, 53, is a senior project manager at AT&T in Denver. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Denver and received a project management institute certification from Colorado State University.
She is a daughter of Deborah R. Trissel of Denver and the late James N. Trissel. The bride’s father retired as a professor of fine arts at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
Mr. McKenna, 55, was until June working in New York as a consultant at Templar Advisors, a London-based financial services consultancy. He was previously the general counsel of the American Cancer Society. He graduated from Siena College and received a law degree at Albany Law School.
He is a son of Meritta E. McKenna of Troy, N.Y., and the late John J. McKenna. The groom’s mother retired as a foreign language teacher in the North Colonie School District in Colonie, N.Y. His father retired as the dean of the Arts College at Sienna in Loudonville, N.Y.
The couple met in the summer of 2017 on Facebook.
The bride’s first marriage ended in divorce, as did the groom’s.
