Maretie & Frank
Wedding Party
Beverly Hendel
Maid of Honor
Older sister to the bride by 1 year. The two share your classic best friends one minute, frenemies the next, loving, sisterly relationship throughout childhood. They grew up doing everything together from T-ball and exploring Italy throughout high school, to commissioning in the military as adults! Needless to say, they wouldn't be who they are without each other.
Scott Martinelli
Best Man
Best friends since 6th grade. Scott and Frank have played sports together, attended camps together, travelled internationally together, run Tough Mudders together, and grown up together.
Sharon Wagner
Maid of Honor
Youngest of the Wagner 4, Sharon and Maretie are 7 years and 2 days apart. Their relationship has come a long way from Sharon being a chubby-cheeked terror to the girls now being best friends.
Sam Wheatley
Groomsman
Frank's next-oldest brother. Sam is easily accessible now that he lives nearby in Manhattan, but Sam once lived in Uganda for 2 years, and hosted Frank on an epic trip to show off his temporary home country. Sam is Maretie and Frank's favorite 3rd wheel!
Gargi Pakale
Bridesmaid
Maretie once lived in Huntsville, AL for a short stint. While there she had no life and no friends so she decided to to attend a salsa social, where she met Gargi! The two immediately bonded and are now friends for life, dancing everywhere they go!
Rob Wheatley
Groomsman
Rob is Frank's second-youngest brother, and historically, the most-forgotten Wheatley sibling. Rob is the only other Wheatley who likes board games, and Frank is deeply grateful for it!
Kayla Robertson
Bridesmaid
Maretie and Kayla met freshman year at Fontbonne University. The two found out they were both on the volleyball team, shook hands and agreed to be best friends. As best friends, they're both still able to hold their heads high and call themselves honest women!
Peter Wheatley
Groomsman
Peter is the youngest of the Wheatley kids, but usurped Frank for tallest child. Arguably the most athletic Wheatley, Peter loves challenging his siblings to anything, with mixed results. Peter ignored his calling as a professional model to pursue being a strong casual golfer.
Jessica Whitman
Bridesmaid
Soulmates since the end of 8th grade when Maretie moved to Italy, Jessica is Maretie's oldest friend! Jessica has the kindest heart you may ever meet, and has always been someone Maretie could talk to about everything and anything in life.
Chris Kuntz
Groomsman
Frank and Maretie were "assigned" to the weekly church Dinner Party that Chris and his wife Sarah hosted at their apartment. Chris and Frank's friendship grew over two years through Dinner Parties, a church retreat, social gatherings, relationship counseling, and playing basketball together (Chris is a smooth baller and Frank is a hustling hack).
Kristin Merideth
Bridesmaid
When Maretie moved out of her house to deploy in 2013, Kristin moved in! Kristin naturally became friends with everyone in area and their paths inevitably crossed once Maretie came back. The more they spent time together, the more they realized they had so many things in common! They went from acquaintances to best friends instantly and thank their ex-roomie Steve for choosing Kristin, out of all the other Craigslist applicants, to be his roommate!
Craig Hinkle
Groomsman
Frank and Craig met at Boston University and have enjoyed many adventures. Craig is an expert in unpredictable dance moves, breaking into apartments, winning intramural championships, and living a creative and unique life. Craig is terrible at driving Vespas.
Katy Shoults
Bridesmaid
Katy and Maretie are cousins and have always been close! The two not only share crazy childhood memories with all the cousins in Grandma's basement, but also a love of music, musicals (Maretie as a spectator in-awe and Katy as a performer), Dragon Ball-Z marathons and terrible horror movies!
John Lee
Groomsman
John and Frank were college Roommates at Boston University for 2 years. John was a fantastic partner-in-minor-crime and he and Frank engaged in tons of adventures, including board games, church hopping, attending campus faith group activities, vespa-cruising (sometimes wearing kitchen pots instead of helmets with three people sharing one seat), intramural sports (John drove in the winning run in the Softball Championship), and late night trips to the local food options. John and Frank are kindred humor spirits.
Carolyn Wheatley
Bridesmaid
Frank's only sister in a sea of boys, and Maretie's future sister-in-law! Maretie was introduced to Care at a Wheatley family dinner when Maretie was newly unemployed, on crutches from foot surgery, and homeless. Since then Maretie has been working hard on making up for that horrifying first impression. Maretie can't wait to join Carolyn as a Wheatley gal and finally bring some balance to the testosterone dominate Wheatley home.
Frank Wagner
Groomsman
Frank met Frank through Maretie and the name confusion has never stopped since (and never will).
Rachel Atkins
Bridesmaid
Rachel and Maretie met as freshman cadets in Army ROTC. The two bonded over their love of being active and found support in each other as young ladies in a male-dominated environment. Together, they weathered countless 4:30am wake-up calls, ruck marches, runs to the St. Louis Arch and back (not a bad run!), and many more life and career challenges after college. Rachel is as close as family now!