SYDORKO m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2003-05-24 published
Forthcoming Marriage -
HANCOCK /
SYDORKO
It is with great joy that Dick and Catherine
SYDORKO announce
the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kristyn Elizabeth
to Christian Michael,
son of Lewis and Sharon
HANCOCK of Jerome,
Idaho. This celebration of love will take place on Saturday June
14, 2003 at Maitland Street Baptist Church, Philippians 2: 2.
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SYDORKO m@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2003-05-31 published
Forthcoming Marriage
HANCOCK,
Christian /
SYDORKO, Kristyn
It is with great joy that Dick and Catherine
SYDORKO announce
the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kristyn Elizabeth
to Christian Michael,
son of Lewis and Janice
HANCOCK of Jerome,
Idaho. This celebration of love will take place on Saturday June
14, 2003 at Maitland Street Baptist Church, Philippians 2: 2.
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SYKES m@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-12-24 published
Mark Andrew
SYKES and Marlene Marie Alicia
BONIA -- Match
By Judith TENENBAUM,
Saturday,
December 24, 2005, Page M4
A focus on algebra and isosceles triangles shifted to a more
personal dimension when Marlene
BONIA and Mark
SYKES met in a
Grade 10 math class in 1998. "I noticed him because of his English
accent and because he was fresh in the country," she recalls.
A year and a half later, Friendship and casual dating had evolved
into a relationship reminiscent of those bobby-sox teen flicks
of the Sixties. Soon, love would trump logic when the teenagers
sealed their future with a secret engagement.
"We realized we had similar goals and beliefs," Ms.
BONIA explains.
"Mark said he wanted to get married, but our parents wouldn't
understand -- we were too young -- and he gave me a gold band
with a tiny row of little diamonds."
They would ensconce the secret in their hearts and minds for
almost four years. "It was something between an engagement and
a promise ring -- an equal commitment," says Mr.
SYKES, who was
raised near Bristol, England. "I know people who have found somebody
they really love, but they say they are too young, have too much
to do, and let them go. Down the line, they've grown up and realized
it's a big mistake."
Initially, the shy Mr.
SYKES had been intimidated by Ms.
BONIA's
home life, which bristled with inquisitive and energized siblings
and extended family. But after nearly two years, he started coming
around. "I loved her family and their taking me in," he says.
In June, 2003, Mr.
SYKES was a year from graduating in civil
engineering at Humber College and gaining full-time employment
with Shaheen and Peaker Ltd. when he decided to propose. "I think
Mark won us over when he invited my husband Jim and I for coffee
and asked our permission," says Ms.
BONIA's mother, Laura. "We
were pleased it would be a long engagement and they would both
finish school first."
Thus, up in cottage country, Mr.
SYKES, now 24, chose a picturesque
spot and made the engagement official. "I was really nervous
but happy it was final -- our Friends and family would know we
had made a commitment and were getting married."
Family describe them adoring and quietly devoted. "She does everything
for me; we're soul mates and best Friends," Mr.
SYKES says.
"He's the most giving person I ever met. Caring, thoughtful and
always two steps ahead of me to make sure I'm looked after,"
says Ms. BONIA, now 23, an English graduate from York University
and a strategic assistant for Krcmar Surveyors Ltd.
Determined to pay for their own wedding, the couple enthusiastically
and successfully scrimped and saved for the elegant affair Ms.
BONIA had long envisioned. Thrift became their byword. "We both
lived with our parents through university and college saving
every penny for the wedding, and we didn't go away or even out
for dinner," Ms.
BONIA says.
The stately Graydon Hall Manor in Don Mills, a century-old mansion
with 11 fireplaces and expansive stone terrace, would house the
ceremony and reception.
On September 10, bridesmaids entered its chapel to strains of
Bach on violin and harp. Then, Pachelbel's Canon in D announced
the bride in a Maggie Sottero satin-and-lace creation, and Rev.
Tina GABRIEL performed the nuptials.
The newlyweds, who reside in Aurora, have laid out an ambitious
agenda: "Homeownership in five years, children in seven, and
lots of travel," says the new Mrs.
SYKES.
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