Karyn Jennifer Hansen and Jonathan Paul Shepherd were married in a double ring ceremony on New Years Day at The First Baptist Church in Amherst, N.H.
The bride is the daughter of Peter and Patricia Hansen of Amherst, N.H. and was given in marriage by her father.
The groom is the son of Bruce and Pauline Shepherd of Lewisville, N.C. His father served
as best man.
Attendants to the bride were college friends, Erica Miller of Turnersville, N.J. and Tamara Burrell of Charleston, S.C. and sister of the groom, Megan Berlinger of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Attendants for the groom were childhood friends, Spencer Eckard of Charlotte, N.C. and Michael Cox of Lake Wylie, S.C. and brother of the bride Ryan Hansen of Milford, N.H. Ring bearers were nephews of the bride, Jack and Brady Hansen, of Milford, N.H.
Readings were given by, sister-in-law Jennifer Hansen, of Milford, N.H. and friends of the couple, Jesse and Anna Woodard of Pittsburgh, PA. The service was performed by Shepherd family friend and minister, Truett Williams of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Following the service an evening of celebration was enjoyed at the Bedford Village Inn.
Karyn is a graduate of Milford Area High School and Clemson University in S.C. She received her master’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and has a medical degree from the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, S.C. She is currently in an OB/GYN residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Jon is a graduate of West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, N.C. and completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill. He completed his residency in OB/GYN in Greenville, S.C. and received a master’s degree in clinical research from the University of Pittsburgh where he is currently serving in a urogynecology fellowship.
The couple resides in Swissville, PA. Several weeks following the wedding they enjoyed a honeymoon vacation skiing in Jackson Hole, WY.