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HERE COMES THE BRIDE [SYDNEY LAWFORD]
BOSTON GLOBE, September 19, 1983
A wedding is a wedding is a wedding.
Then there is a Kennedy wedding, like the one in Centerville on Cape Cod, a few miles from the Kennedy compound at Hyannisport. A Kennedy wedding is a public spectacle.
All brides, surely, are radiant, and Sydney Maleia Kennedy Lawford was more than that Saturday afternoon in a billowy, appliqued lace dress with puff sleeves by French designer Jean-Louis Scherrer, her mother Patricia Kennedy Lawford's favorite couturier.
All grooms, for certain, are nervous, and James Peter McKelvy was just that he appeared at the church door after the 40-minute ceremony, his new bride on one hand, a handkerchief in the other, mopping his sweat-drenched brow and smiling nervously at a throng of onlookers.
But the happy couple, who live in Boston, was just another hopeful pair to the estimated 400 ordinary people who gathered, uninvited, in front of the little white church on a knoll.
The throng had come to see a show starring some of the most familiar faces in the American social, cultural and political repertoire, and they were not disappointed.
Even George Plimpton, a relatively obscure personality in New England and more a literary salon figure than a media star, was recognized as he marched into the pillared Our Lady of Victory church an unfashionable 20 minutes early.
Another literary personage was Norman Mailer, who caused a minor sensation as he pumped up the driveway like a compact car, escorting several women who rather loomed over him.
Designer Oleg Cassini was recognized instantly and seemed very happy to be so. Donald Brooks, another designer, was not so lucky; people kept whispering that he was Oscar de la Renta.
Some other unfamiliar faces got attention, too.
Jet-setter Bettina Graziani, companion to the Aga Khan and intimate of designer Valentino, drew approving gasps from the crowd for her bold chic, as did Laurence Scherrer (wife and partner of Jean-Louis) in a glistening black leather coat.
One woman who was not recognized drew a gasp for her mid-thigh skirt; her companion was brazenly fashionable in a beaded shirtdress that looked as if it might have come straight from a Paris salon.
"Seems like everybody is wearing his own thing," commented onlooker Leonia Houghton of Hyannisport. "There's no set pattern to clothes."
More than the fashions, it was the Kennedys the crowd had come to see, and it signaled popularity ratings with applause as each bevy of Kennedys passed, as if in review, up the driveway and into the church.
Joan Bennett Kennedy, one of the first to arrive, received an affectionate round of applause as her son Ted Kennedy Jr., dressed in a khaki suit and his mop of hair wet - a look for others of the young Kennedys this day – escorted her up the stairs.
They had barely gone by when the multitude stirred like leaves caught suddenly in a gust of wind as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis came into view with her son, John F. Kennedy Jr., by her side.
Mrs. Onassis, in a smart two-piece suit with a white jacket bordered in black and a straight black skirt, was almost ethereal in her graciousness, smiling easily for the crowd and the photographers without really acknowledging their presence.
A truly accomplished center of attention, Mrs. Onassis seemed haughty but nice, coolly tolerating the adulation around her without forsaking a certain common touch.
For a glimpse of a rarely seen Kennedy, people will do surprising things, as when a reception in a building next to the church emptied out to glimpse Mrs. Onassis. The reception was for Mike and Susan Collopy of Methuen and West Barnstable, who were married at Our Lady of Victory earlier in the day.
"I think Joan (Bennett Kennedy) got a bigger hand," said Elsa Baumbach of West Dennis and Larchmont, N.Y., as Mrs. Onassis entered the church. Her evaluation received the the murmuring assent of the men and women near her in the crowd.
More applause greeted Kennedy sisters Jean Smith and Eunice Shriver as they arrived with their husbands, Steve and Sargent. ("Hey, they recognize us," Jean Smith said merrily to her sister.)
Ethel Kennedy arrived, down-to-earth and garrulous as ever despite the day's newspaper headlines about her son, Robert F. Jr.'s arrest in South Dakota on charges of possessing heroin. She was on the arm of another son, Joseph P. 2d, who was with his wife, Sheila. Big applause.
Twelve bridesmaids arrived in blue dresses with white lace tops. Then came Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, uncle of the bride, with the bride's mother, Patricia Lawford in a royal-blue silk dress, and grandmother, Rose Kennedy, in a blue hat and blue coat. Big round of applause, more, it seemed, for Rose Kennedy's determination to walk up the steps and into the church despite the infirmities of age. (Rose Kennedy turned 93 on July 23.)
Then white-haired Peter Lawford and his 27-year-old daughter arrived to a warm reception made warmer by Mr. Lawford's friendly, unpretentious mugging for an appreciative crowd and Sydney Lawford's good-natured toleration of the public clamor.
The private reception at the Kennedy compound after the Roman Catholic service for Sydney and Peter McKelvy marked the first time in many years the waterfront estate has been the setting for a gala family event.
The wedding guests were treated to a sumptuous buffet under two blue-and- white striped tents on the lawns behind the several bungalows and the main house that form the family's summer retreat.
Bostonian guests such as Jordan Marsh executive Lee Slayton and political video producer John Florescu munched on the usual seafood array and sipped champagne - or what ever else their hearts desired.
There was dancing 'til dusk and then a spectacular fireworks display to cap the sunny afternoon and faultless late-summer evening. It might have been Camelot Revisited - if these were not the days of the Republican Restoration.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 8, 1985
The engagement of Linda Potter and Timothy Shriver has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Potter of New York and McLean, Va. Mr. Shriver is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver of Washington and Hyannisport, Mass.
The future bride, an associate in the law firm of Latham, Watkins & Hills in Washington, graduated from the Milton Academy, Georgetown University and the Vanderbilt University Law School. She was formerly on the staff of the Franklin A. Thomas Study Commission on United States Policy Toward South Africa. Her father is of counsel to the law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler in New York and Washington.
Mr. Shriver, a student in theology and education at Catholic University, graduated from the St. Albans School and Yale. He formerly taught and counseled high school students in the University of Connecticut's Upward Bound Program and received a Field Foundation fellowship to work in the school development program at the Yale Child Study Center and the James Hillhouse High School in New Haven. His father, a partner in the Washington law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, was the first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity and was Ambassador to France under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. His mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, is executive vice president of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and chairman of Special Olympics Inc.
The future bridegroom is a grandson of Rose F. Kennedy of Palm Beach, Fla., and Hyannisport and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, a former Ambassador to Britain, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sargent Shriver of Baltimore and New York. Mr. Shriver was a vice president of the Baltimore Trust Comapny, predecessor to the Maryland National Bank.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, JUNE 1, 1986
Timothy Shriver, 26, son of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, married 29-year-old attorney Linda Potter in a weekend ceremony that caused considerably less of a media stir than the recent wedding of Shriver's older sister Maria.
The ecumenical wedding Saturday at the Georgetown University campus was a quiet affair, attended by about 400 friends and members of the Kennedy clan.
Those present included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sen. Edward Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and her fiance Edwin Schlossberg, columnist Art Buchwald and Vernon Jordan, head of the Urban League.
CBS Morning News anchor Maria Shriver, whose April wedding to actor Arnold Schwarzenegger drew celebrities galore, was matron of honor.
New York Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore conducted one ceremony outside the chapel and a second service inside was conducted by Father Richard Fragomeni, former director of liturgy for the Diocese of Albany.
The reception was held at the McLean, Va., home of the bride's parents.
Potter is a Georgetown graduate with a law degree from Vanderbilt University, and worked for the Washington law firm Latham Watkins & Hills.
Shriver is finishing work on a master's degree at Georgetown University and works with underachieving children from low-income families in the New Haven, Conn., school system.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, JUNE 2, 1986
Paparazzi and curiosity-seekers, usually out in force for a Kennedy clan wedding, were hardly in evidence this weekend as Timothy Shriver, son of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, married attorney Linda Potter.
Members of the Kennedy family and about 400 friends attended the ecumenical service Saturday as Shriver, 26, married the 29-year-old Potter at the Georgetown University campus.
The wedding was less of a media event than the April wedding of Shriver's older sister Maria, co-anchor of the CBS Morning News, and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Those present included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Ethel Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and her fiance Edwin Schlossberg, columnist Art Buchwald and Vernon Jordan, head of the Urban League.
Maria Shriver was Potter's matron of honor.
New York Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore conducted one ceremony outside the chapel and a second service inside was conducted by Father Richard Fragomeni, former director of liturgy for the Diocese of Albany.
The reception was held at the McLean, Va., home of the bride's parents.
Potter is a Georgetown graduate with a law degree from Vanderbilt University, and worked for the Washington law firm Latham Watkins & Hills.
Shriver is finishing work on a master's degree at Georgetown University and works with underachieving children from low-income families in the New Haven, Conn., school system.
THE WASHINGTON POST, JUNE 2, 1986
In a season of glamorous Kennedy-family weddings, Saturday's Georgetown wedding of Timothy Shriver, the 26-year-old son of Sargent and Eunice Shriver, to attorney Linda Potter, 29, came off without the media crush such events usually provoke. Nearly 400 guests were there to see the ecumenical ceremonies that included one conducted outside Georgetown University's Dahlgren Chapel by New York Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore and another inside the chapel by the Rev. Richard Fragomeni, the former director of liturgy for the Diocese of Albany and a doctoral candidate at Catholic University.
Two bagpipers and a drummer played outside the chapel. Following Bishop Moore's ceremony Shriver, escorted by his parents, and Potter, escorted by hers, Robert and Isabel Potter, went into the chapel for the second ceremony. They were followed by the assembled guests and friends. The reception was held at the McLean home of the bride's parents.
The wedding party included 15 bridesmaids and 15 groomsmen. There were four best men: John Kennedy Jr. and Timothy's brothers Robert, Mark and Anthony. (The brothers have all pledged to be each other's best men.) Timothy's sister, "CBS Morning News" coanchor Maria Shriver, whose April wedding in Hyannis Port, Mass., was a media event, was matron of honor. Her new husband, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, was filming on location and wasn't at Saturday's wedding. The wedding brought out Kennedys and friends, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Pat Lawford, Jean Kennedy Smith and Ethel Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy, who will be marrying Edwin Schlossberg (who was there) later this summer; a number of Timothy's Yale classmates including groomsman Dino Bradlee; columnist Art Buchwald, George and Liz Stevens and Vernon Jordan, former head of the Urban League.
Shriver, who is finishing work on a master's degree at Georgetown, works in the New Haven, Conn., public school system with underachieving children from low-income families. Potter, a Georgetown graduate with a law degree from Vanderbilt University, worked for the Washington law firm of Latham Watkins & Hills.
U.P.I., DECEMBER 21, 1986
Patricia Kennedy Lawford announced that her daughter, Victoria, whose father is the late actor Peter Lawford, will marry Robert Pender in a June ceremony, a published report said Sunday.
Victoria Lawford plans to marry Pender, son of Mrs. James O'Shea of Barneveld, N.Y., and the late Dr. Robert Pender on June 13, The New York Times said in today's editions.
The future bride, a graduate of the Lycee Francais de New York and Mount Vernon College, is a television coordinator at Very Special Arts in Washington, a non-profit organization associated with the Kennedy Center, her mother, of New York City and Southhampton, N.Y., said in announcing the marriage, the Times said.
The organization sponsors arts programs for disabled citizens, Mrs. Lawford said.
The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port, Mass. and Palm Beach, Fla., and the late Joseph Kennedy, former Ambassador to Britain, she said.
Peter Lawford, who acted in several televisions shows including theatrical adaptations and situational comedies like those shown on the Ford Theatre in the 1950s and the Goodyear TV Playhouse in 1960, played the role of detective Nick Charles in the television series ''The Thin Man,'' opposite Phyllis Kirk, from 1957 to 1959.
Pender, an associate in the Washington law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Georgetown University Law Center, she said.
Pender's father was a surgeon in Utica, N.Y. and his stepfather is a retired New York State Court of Claims judge and a former State Commissioner of General Services, Mrs. Lawford said.
No details on the wedding were released.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 21, 1986
The engagement of Victoria Frances Lawford to Robert B. Pender has been announced by Patricia Kennedy Lawford of New York and Southampton, L.I.,, mother of the future bride. Her fiance is the son of Mrs. James C. O'Shea of Barneveld, N.Y., and the late Dr. Robert B. Pender. A June 13 wedding is planned.
Ms. Lawford, a daughter also of the late Peter Lawford, the actor, graduated from the Lycee Francais de New York and Mount Vernon College. She is a television coordinator at Very Special Arts in Washington, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Kennedy Center that sponsors arts programs for the disabled.
The future bride is a granddaughter of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port, Mass., and Palm Beach, Fla., and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, former Ambassador to Britain.
Mr. Pender, an associate in the Washington office of the law firm Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, graduated from Middlebury College and the Georgetgown University Law Center. His father was a surgeon in Utica, N.Y., as was his grandfather, the late Dr. Harold L. Pender. His stepfather is a retired judge of the New York State Court of Claims and a former State Commissioner of General Services.
U.P.I., DECEMBER 21, 1986
Patricia Kennedy Lawford announced that her daughter, Victoria, whose father is the late actor Peter Lawford, will marry Robert Pender in a June ceremony, a published report said Sunday.
Victoria Lawford plans to marry Pender, son of Mrs. James O'Shea of Barneveld, N.Y., and the late Dr. Robert Pender on June 13, The New York Times said in today's editions.
The future bride, a graduate of the Lycee Francais de New York and Mount Vernon College, is a television coordinator at Very Special Arts in Washington, a non-profit organization associated with the Kennedy Center, her mother, of New York City and Southhampton, N.Y., said in announcing the marriage, the Times said.
The organization sponsors arts programs for disabled citizens, Mrs. Lawford said.
The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port, Mass. and Palm Beach, Fla., and the late Joseph Kennedy, former Ambassador to Britain, she said.
Peter Lawford, who acted in several televisions shows including theatrical adaptations and situational comedies like those shown on the Ford Theatre in the 1950s and the Goodyear TV Playhouse in 1960, played the role of detective Nick Charles in the television series ''The Thin Man,'' opposite Phyllis Kirk, from 1957 to 1959.
Pender, an associate in the Washington law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, is a graduate of Middlebury College and the Georgetown University Law Center, she said.
Pender's father was a surgeon in Utica, N.Y. and his stepfather is a retired New York State Court of Claims judge and a former State Commissioner of General Services, Mrs. Lawford said.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, APRIL 3, 1987
The engagement of Christopher Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, to Sheila Berner of Chicago was announced Friday.
Berner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Berner, Jr., of Winnetka, Ill., is a graduate of Boston College and now attends Northwestern University School of Law. Her father is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Baker & McKenzie.
Kennedy graduated from Boston College and works for the Archer, Daniels Midland Co. in Chicago.
The wedding is planned for August.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 12, 1987
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Berner Jr. of Winnetka, Ill., have announced the engagement of their daughter Sheila Sinclair Berner to Christopher George Kennedy, a son of Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy of McLean, Va., and Hyannis Port, Mass., and the late Senator Kennedy. An August wedding is planned.
Ms. Berner, a first-year law student at Northwestern University, and Mr. Kennedy graduated from Boston College, she in 1985 and he in 1986. Ms. Berner spent a year at the Sorbonne before receiving her undergraduate degree.
The father of the future bride is a partner in the Chicago law firm Baker & McKenzie. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Thomas A. Reynolds of Wilmette, Ill., and the late Mr. Reynolds and of Mr. and Mrs. Berner of Winnetka.
Ms. Berner is the 4th of 5 children, and her fiance is the 8th of 11 children. She is 24 year old, and he will be 24 on July 4.
Mr. Kennedy was until recently employed by the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, an agricultural processing company with headquarters in Decatur, Ill. His father served as Attorney General during the Presidency of his brother John F. Kennedy and was later elected as a United States Senator from New York.
The future bridegroom is a grandson of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, who was Ambassador to Britain, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Skakel of Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Skakel was chairman of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, APRIL 12, 1987
Christopher George Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will marry a law student from Winnetka, Ill. In August, a published report said Sunday.
Kennedy, 23, is engaged to wed Sheila Sinclair Berner, a first-year law student at Northwestern University, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Kennedy, the eighth of 11 children, worked until recently at the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, an agricultural processing firm based in Decatur, Ill., the newspaper reported.
He is a 1986 graduate of Boston College. His mother Ethel Kennedy lives in McLean, Va. and in Hyannis Port, Mass.
Berner, 24, graduated from Boston College in 1985. She studied for a year at the Sorbonne in Paris before earning her degree.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Berner Jr. of Winnetka. Her father is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Baker & McKenzie.
Kennedy's father served as Attorney General during the administration of his brother President John F. Kennedy and later was a member of the U.S. Senate from New York.
The future bridegroom is a grandson of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, JUNE 13, 1987
Victoria Francis Lawford, the daughter of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Saturday married Washington attorney Robert Beebe Pender in a ceremony in the Long Island town of Southampton.
The bride is a granddaughter of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port, Mass. and the late Joseph Kennedy, the former U.S. Ambassador to Britain.
It was not immediately known whether Mrs. Kennedy attended the wedding, which was held at the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church in Southampton.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., uncle of the bride, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, widow of President John F. Kennedy, both attended the wedding.
The bride, who will retain her maiden name, is a television coordinator at Very Special Arts, a non-profit group that sponsors programs for the disabled and is affiliated with the Kennedy Center, a spokesman for Ketchum Public Relations in New York said.
Pender is an associate in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle.
The couple will live in Washington, D.C., the spokesman, Jonathan Schenker, said.
A private reception was held at the bride's mother's Southampton residence in a large tent decorated with cherry blossoms and white orchids with white park benches with pink striped cushions.
The bride, who was escorted down the aisle by her brother Christopher Lawford, wore a closely fitted lace gown with a full skirt and a five-foot train.
Her sisters Sydney McKelvy and Robin Lawford were her matron and maid of honor.
Christopher Christopher Welch was best man for Pender, who graduated from Middlebury College and the Georgetown University Law Center.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 14, 1987
At the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, L.I., yesterday, Victoria Francis Lawford, a daughter of Patricia Kennedy Lawford of New York and Southampton and the late Peter Lawford, was married to Robert Beebe Pender Jr., a son of Mrs. James C. O'Shea of Barneveld, N.Y., and the late Dr. Pender. The Rev. William J. Remey performed the ceremony.
The bride was escorted by her brother, Christopher Lawford. Her sisters, Sydney McKelvy and Robin Lawford, were matron of honor and maid of honor. Christopher Welch was the best man. Among the bride's other attendants were her cousins Kara Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy, and Dr. Suzanne G. Pender, a sister of the bridegroom.
The bride, who will keep her name, is a television coordinator for Very Special Arts, a nonprofit affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington that sponsors programs for disabled people. She graduated from the Lycee Francais de New York and Mount Vernon College. Her father was an actor. The bride is a granddaughter of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Hyannis Port, Mass., and Palm Beach, Fla., and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, an Ambassador to Britain.
The bridegroom, an associate in the law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle in Washington, graduated from Middlebury College and the Georgetown University Law Center. His father was a surgeon in Utica, N.Y., as was his grandfather the late Dr. Harold L. Pender. His stepfather is a retired judge of the New York State Court of Claims and a former New York State Commissioner of General Services.
THE WASHINGTON POST, AUGUST 15, 1987
Christopher Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will marry law student Sheila Berner today in Winnetka, Ill., a Chicago suburb, according to published reports.
Kennedy, 24, was to marry Miss Berner at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, according to reports in the Chicago Sun-Times and television station WMAQ-TV. A spokesman for the church said he was not free to disclose any details of the wedding, but news reports said various members of the Kennedy family would attend.
They include Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); his former wife Joan; Eunice Shriver; Maria Shriver and her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger; former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; and her son John F. Kennedy Jr.
Miss Berner, whose age was not available, is the daughter of attorney Robert Lee Berner Jr. and his wife Sheila Marie. Robert Berner, a resident of Winnetka, is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Baker & McKenzie.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AUGUST 15, 1987
Christopher Kennedy, a son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, married a former college classmate Saturday, law student Shela Berner.
Security measures were in force as members of the groom's family, including Ethel Kennedy, his mother, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., attended the ceremony at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church.
"It was jammed and there was a great crowd of spectators outside," said the Rev. Thomas Raftery, who celebrated the ceremony along with Gerard Creedan, director of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Alexandria, Va., a longtime Kennedy family friend.
Police helped control crowds outside and plain-clothes officers kept watch inside, Raftery said.
Christopher Kennedy, 24, the eighth of the slain senator's 11 children, and Ms. Berner both attended Boston College, where she graduated in 1985 and he one year later. Ms. Berner, whose age was not available, attends Northwestern University law school in Chicago.
Kennedy works in the planning division at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago.
Ms. Berner and Kennedy selected the bride's childhood church for the ceremony, said Ted Heppner, church music director.
The Rev. John Fahey, who officiated at the wedding of the bride's parents, Chicago attorney Robert Lee Berner Jr. and his wife, Sheila Marie, also was a celebrant at the 3 p.m. ceremony.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 16, 1987
Sheila Sinclair Berner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Berner Jr. of Winnetka, Ill., and Christopher George Kennedy, a son of Ethel Kennedy of McLean, Va., and Hyannis Port, Mass., and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, were married yesterday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Winnetka. The Rev. Gerard Creedon performed the marriage, assisted by the Rev. Thomas J. Raftery and the Rev. John F. Fahey.
Mary Gerard Berner and Louise Blake Berner were matron and maid of honor for their sister. Matthew Maxwell Kennedy, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man.
Mrs. Kennedy is a second-year law student at Northwestern University and a summer associate in the Chicago law firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas. She and her husband graduated from Boston College, she in 1985 and he in 1986. Mr. Kennedy also graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School. Mrs. Kennedy spent a year at the Sorbonne before receiving her undergraduate degree.
Her father is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Baker & McKenzie. The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. Thomas A. Reynolds of Wilmette, Ill,, and the late Mr. Reynolds, and of Mr. and Mrs. Berner of Winnetka.
Mr. Kennedy, who is in the planning division at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, was formerly employed by the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, an agricultural processing concern with headquarters in Decatur, Ill. His father was Attorney General during the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, and was later a United States Senator from New York.
The bridegroom is a grandson of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Boston and Hyannis Port and the late Joseph P. Kennedy, an Ambassador to Britain, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Skakel of Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Skakel was chairman of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation.
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