Engagements
Jessica
Gotfried and Aaron Wolff
Gotfried-Wolff.
Jessica Tracy Gotfried, daughter of Rita and Lawrence Gotfried
of Randolph, to Aaron Wolff, son of Ellen Ruck of Princeton and
John Wolff of Highland Park. A 2000 graduate of Randolph
High School, Ms. Gotfried received a B.A. in accounting and business
administration from Muhlenberg College. She is currently pursuing
a master's of science in accounting at Lehigh University. In the
fall of 2005 she will start as an audit professional at Deloitte
and Touche in Parsippany. Mr. Wolff, a 1999 graduate of
Princeton High School, attended the University of Rochester. He
is a specialist in the United States Army stationed at Fort Meade,
Md. He is currently pursuing a B.S. in business administration
from the University of Maryland. A fall, 2006 wedding is
planned. Christopher
Pretto and Leigh Ann Weatherford
Weatherford-Pretto.
Leigh Ann Weatherford, daughter of Robert A. and Lorraine
Weatherford of Midlothian, Va., to Christopher Noel Pretto, son
of Mary Ann and step-son of Dale Schierholt of Princeton.
Ms. Weatherford is a graduate of Clover Hill High School and the
University of Virginia. She received a master's degree in English
from San Diego State University and teaches at Orange Coast College
in Costa Mesa, Calif. Mr. Pretto is a graduate of Princeton
High School and Boston University. He is employed as a project
director of real estate development for Empire Commercial Development
in Ontario, Calif. The couple, both residents of Newport
Beach, Calif., will marry on January 17, in Tortola, British Virgin
Islands. Weddings Mary-Alice
Lessing and Thomas Evans
Lessing-Evans. Mary-Alice
Lessing, of Princeton and Chebeague Island, Maine, wife of the
late Robert Lessing, and Dr. Thomas Llewellyn Evans, formerly
of Princeton, and husband of the late Winifred B. Evans, were
married on December 18 at All Saints' Church. Jane S. Jacobs served
as matron of honor and Dr. Robert M. Evans as best man for his
brother. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alan French
and the Rev. H. Dana Fearon. A small family reception at the church
followed the wedding with the couple's eight children and 24 grandchildren
in attendance. The bride's parents are the late Joseph and
Marie O'Neil of South Portland, Maine. The groom's parents are
the late Thomas and Jesse Evans of Sewickley, Pa. The bride,
who will keep her name, is a graduate of Smith College. She received
master's degrees from Middlebury College and from Rutgers University,
then taught Spanish for 23 years at John Witherspoon School in
Princeton. Dr. Evans was a pre-med student at Hobart College
and received his M.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia,
where he served his residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher's
Hospital. He served in the U.S. Air Force in England for three
years prior to his move to Princeton. He practiced pediatrics
in Princeton for a number of years before becoming medical director
at The Lawrenceville School. He is now retired. The couple
will reside at Stonebridge at Montgomery following a trip to their
home on Amelia Island, Fla. Elisa
Orlanski and Mark Ours
Orlanski-Ours. R. Elisa
Orlanski, daughter of Dr. Isidoro and Beatriz Orlanski of Princeton,
to Mark G. Ours, son of Geraldine Ours of Whittier, Calif., on
September 5 at Prospect House on the Princeton University campus.
Cantor Ellie Schaffer officiated at the interfaith ceremony. The
couple met while receiving their master's degrees in architecture
from Columbia University, from which both graduated. The
bride, 28, works as a real estate developer in New York City.
She graduated from Princeton High School and received her B.A.
degree from Barnard College. The groom, 33, is a project
architect at S.H.o.P. Architects in Manhattan. He received his
B. Architecture from Arizona State University. The couple
resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. |