Rebecca Strong, oldest daughter of Cathy Strong and her former husband Percy, was married Saturday, August 13, 2005, in the tiny historic Pukekaraka St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Otaki, New Zealand.Rebecca is a hydrographer and lieutenant in the New Zealand Navy and her husband, Lt. Dion Hewson is also a lieutenant in the Navy. They will go to Samoa for a week on their honeymoon.
August is mid-winter in New Zealand but the weather for the wedding was good. The church in Otaki is the oldest church in New Zealand and respectfully combines the Maori culture of 1850 and the Catholic culture of the French Marist missionary priests.
Because the couple both have Irish roots, Rebecca’s sister Penelope brought back some mead from Ireland and old them that couples used to drink the honey wine for the full moon (a month) after the wedding for fertility which is where "honeymoon" came from.
Penelope, 23, is a real estate agent in West Palm Beach, Florida. The youngest sister, Amanda, 21, is a journalism student at Massey University. The bride is 26.
The photo of the three sisters was taken in Cathy Strong’s living room minutes before they left for the wedding.
Cathy’s sister, Janet Mullins of Bainbridge Island, Washington, attended the wedding. Cathy, a former Beacon Journal reporter who has had a successful career in the media in New Zealand, is now a journalism lecturer.
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4 comments:
Is anyone surprised that Cathy's daughters are all so beautiful? The family photo seems to show FOUR sisters, not three sisters and mom!
Congrats, Cathy, and the newlyweds!
When we're talking about former BJ beauties, Pam, it takes one to know one. Pat E. sure knew how to pick them, although he was interested first (I think) in journalistic abilities.
When I first approached the ABJ for a job I was told that they had 120 applicants in front of them and no vacancies. So Englehart had plenty to pick from. In my batch of young journalists it seems that he also selected stroppy hard-headed women. And of course he had to have editors who had the confidence to cope with that. May that legacy continue!!
Stroppy and hard-headed, huh? I think that describes MOST of the hires during the Englehart era, male OR female!
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