There’s something about a pandemic that isn’t exactly life-affirming.
Sickness, death and fear. Imagine that.
Locked in the incessant bad news, it’s easy to forget that life is its own champion – fearless, continuously moving forward, minding its own business.
Marriages take place in smaller, more intimate gatherings.
Babies are born without the parade of visitors.
Milestones are quietly marked.
But quiet and smaller does not mean joyless.
On this page you prove that life, like love, always finds a way.
BIRTHS
Baby: Sasha Amalia Modarresi-Stark
Parents: Shayna Modarresi and Brian Stark from San Francisco
Born: November 16, 2020 at 5:17 pm, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and 21 inches in length.
Paternal grandparents: Dr. James and Barbara Stark from Palm Beach.
Maternal grandparents: Homa Modarresi and the late Amad Modarresi of Los Altos, California.
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Baby: Jack Primo Miller
Parents: Laura Montgomery and Benjamin Miller of St. Augustine
Born: July 9th, 2020 at 1:20 p.m. at Flagler Hospital, weighing 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and 20 inches in length.
Maternal grandparents: Holly Stachelberg and Michael Montgomery, both from Palm Beach.
Paternal Grandparents: Pam and Mark Miller of Gautier, Mississippi.
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Baby: Alfred Nicholas Marulli-Ardaji
Parents: Samantha Marulli and Paul Ardaji Jr. from West Palm Beach
Born: June 17, 2020 at 4:17 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital, weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and 19.6 inches in length.
Maternal grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nicholas Marulli Sr. (Barbara) of Palm Beach.
Paternal Grandparents: Rose Shannon and Paul Ardaji of Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Baby: Ophelia Clementine Johnstone
Parents: Hersey Isabella Johnstone, nee Underwood and William Stuart Johnstone
Born: In Abergavenny, Wales, on Friday February 26th, 2021 at 12:15 pm, weighing 7 pounds and 15 ounces.
Maternal grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Antony Underwood (Mary) of Palm Beach and Heytesbury, UK
Paternal Grandparents: Mr and Mrs Andrew Johnstone (Sally) of Great Blaenawe, Wales.
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WEDDINGS
Pair: Laura Ferber Hazen and John Block Bergman
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2020
Venue: The moonlit pavilion in Sloan’s curve, Palm beach, where the groom’s mother lives
Official: Justice of the Peace Lorrie Drake, a friend of the couple
Honeymoon: COVID Delayed; You will travel to Europe when it is safe to do so again.
Housing: The Berkshires.
Factoid: The ceremony was witnessed by four people on site and countless family members and friends on Zoom.
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Pair: Marina Georgette Marguerite Cocher and Otto Bergés
Date: Friday, January 8, 2021
Venue: The Palm Beach County Courthouse.
Reception: A small gathering at a friend’s home. A larger celebration will take place at a later date either on site or in St. Barts.
Honeymoon: Europe when it is safe to travel again.
Factoid: The groom’s grandfather, Dr. Oscar Bergés, founded the Club Naútico de Santo Domingo.
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Pair: Hersey Isabella Underwood and William Stuart Johnstone
Date: September 5, 2020
Venue: Registry office near the bride’s childhood home in Wiltshire, UK
Wedding dress: teaspoon cream silk by Karen Millen; pink and green satin shoes by Manolo Blahnik; 18th century diamond necklace and teardrop earrings worn by five previous generations of her mother’s family.
Reception: Lunch for 40 people at the Underwoods country house in Heytesbury.
Factoid: The couple left the reception in the father of the bride’s vintage Bentley named “Bertie”.
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anniversary
Pair: Patricia Callahan and Alfred Fix
Married: 70 years
Ceremony: January 27, 1951 at the Church of the Annunciation, Upper Manhattan
Children: three; a grandchild.
Housing: North End
Celebration: Dinner for two at Cafe L’Europe on January 27, 2021
Secret: “There’s no secret. You just keep going. Go ahead and never look back. Just like Satchel Paige,” said Al Fix.
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