Leigh Jennings Anderson and Michael Stewart Morgan were married on Oct. 9, 2011 at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Edgartown. Deacon Karl G. Buder officiated the ceremony. A reception followed at Farm Neck Golf Club.
Roy and Jeannie Gionfriddo recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their son, Mark, at their home on Vineyard avenue extension in Oak Bluffs. The Gionfriddos spend part of the year at their home in Holyoke. Their son is head of the jazz department at Mt. Holyoke College.
Dr. Yvonne Hines-Bruce of Providence, R.I., and Vineyard Haven and Carl Joseph McCarthy of Worcester, formerly of Jamaica, W.I., were married on Feb. 12 at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester.
The ceremony was performed by the Hon. Mel Greenberg.
Dr. Hines-Bruce is medical director of Hines Dermatology Associates Inc., with offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Mr. McCarthy is community development manager for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families central region.
Victoria Dryfoos and Craig Arnold were married on Saturday, May 21 at the home of Dorothea Arnold of Makonikey. The bridegroom’s brother, Derek Arnold, performed the ceremony on the scenic bluff overlooking Vineyard Sound.
In attendance for the bride were Shari Geistfeld, Marie Larsen and Lynn Ditchfield. The groomsmen, sons of Craig and Victoria, were Kylund Arnold, Conner Arnold and Tau Rios-Dryfoos.
Susan Foster Oliver and Douglas Campbell Kerridge were married on August 27. The Rev. Dr. Timothy B. Cogan performed the ceremony at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.
Susan, 34, is vice president of strategy for TONIX Pharmaceuticals in New York city. She attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J., and graduated from Bowdoin College with an AB in classics and archaeology. She also received an MPhil in fine and decorative arts from Christie’s in London and an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Karen Christina Pardo and Kofi Ali Cash are pleased to announce their marriage on Oct. 6, at 10 a.m., at the Harbor View Hotel and Resort in Edgartown. Justice of the peace James Pringle will officiate. A champagne brunch reception is planned following the ceremony in the hotel’s Edgartown room.
Dr. Pardo is a pharmacy clinical manager and medication safety officer for Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, Va. Karen graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz and received a doctoral degree in pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco.
Laura Marie Tilghman, daughter of Frank and Jeanne Tilghman of Newbury, Vt., and Ludovic Chan Razafindramazana, son of Kherounnissa Tombosoa and Chan Chong Tsiu of Maroantsetra, Madagascar, were married in October 2010 in Toamasina, Madagascar.
Kristin Mary Wilson and Daniel Oliver Jr. were married at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Mattapoisett at noon on Sept. 11, 2010. The Very Rev. Harry E. Krauss, Dean of the Cathedral of Saint John, Providence, officiated.
The receiving line was held at the family home on 40 Water street, where the bridegroom often visited his late paternal grandparents, Andrew Oliver and Ruth Blake Oliver of Boston. The reception was held at the Mattapoisett Casino where the Alex Donner Orchestra performed. The couple later departed on the catboat Seasons.
Lisa Umberger and Dwight Arundale of Boca Grande, Fla., and Edgartown were married in an intimate ceremony on Sunday, May 8, at their home in Boca Grande. Family friend Donna Moore officiated with longtime friends Fred Berger and JoAnn Barwick serving as best man and matron of honor respectively.
Champagne and caviar were served after the ceremony, followed by a celebration dinner at the Gasparilla Inn. The couple have returned to the Vineyard for the summer and are planning a honeymoon later in the year.
