Cathy Strong's daughter weds

1970s State Desk reporter Cathy Strong’s daughter, Amanda, was married to Jeff Shima near Waiouru, New Zealand on Saturday.

Amanda Strong, Jeff Shima wed

Another daughter, Rebecca Strong, married in 2005 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. Rebecca and husband Dion have a son and two daughters.

Penolope, Cathy and former husband Percy Strong’s third daughter, is a real estate agent in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Cathy lives in a beach village outside Wellington, New Zealand. She went from communication and media sciences professor at Zayed University in Dubai to the faculty of the Wellington Journalism School within Massey University, where she is developing a masters program in journalism.