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Valentine’s Day Wedding At Century Care Center
February 15, 2009
Love was in the air and wedding bells were ringing Saturday afternoon at Century Care Center with a Valentine’s wedding to remember.
Karen Sue Coleman married her best friend Benjamin Edward Leonardi. Karen wanted her father, Floyd Coleman, to walk her down the aisle. Mr. Floyd has been a resident at Century Care for nearly six years. Rather than take him out of Century Care for the wedding, Karen decided to take the wedding to him.
The wedding took place with family, friends and a lots of Century Care Center residents outside under the center’s gazebo. And Karen got her wish, as her father Floyd escorted her down the aisle.
“It was chilly and windy, but the residents had been excited all week. They weren’t about to miss it,” said Mae Hildreth, Century Care Center activities director.
The wedding was followed by a reception for the happy couple in the Century Care Center dining room.
Pictured top: Mr. and Mrs. Karen and Benjamin Leonardi enjoy wedding cake Valentine’s afternoon at Century Care Center. Pictured inset: Karen is walked down the aisle at her wedding by her father, Century Care Center resident Floyd Coleman. Pictured below: More photos from Saturday’s wedding. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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34 Responses to “Valentine’s Day Wedding At Century Care Center”
Congratulations!!!! I wish there would have been a way for us to be there. It was beautiful and wonderful to have your Dad walk you down the aisle. Enjoy being with your Dad as much as possible, I miss mine a lot. Congratulations again and enjoy your new married life.
Awh, this is ADORABLE !
way to keep the romance alive,
even in the later years,
Definitely cute,
and on Valentine’s Day !
Way to go, Cupid.
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SORRY WE COULD NOT MAKE IT! WE WERE THERE IN SPIRIT THOUGH! WELL GOD BLESS! WE LOVE YA’LL AND WE WILL SEE YA’LL SOON!
I wish you both all the happiness in the world. May God bless you both with continued happiness. Love you!
Go Karen,I’m so happy for you, may God Bless you both, and may you have a long beautiful life together
Wonderful to be able to share your special day. God bless you and your life together. “Benji” has been a special part of our family and we all love you both. Karen, such a loving and thoughtful thing for you to do for you Dad, Welcome to the Leonardi Clan.
Love and Best Wishes for the many happy years to come.
Biddy
Congratulations, again!
Everything was absolutely perfect. Thank you both for letting us in on it, as well. And quite a lovely writeup about it here, too…
Congratulations Karen and Ben. We’re glad Bro. Floyd and Sis. Essie could share this special occasion with you. May God Bless you.
Love,
David and Jackie Johnson
YOU TWO MAKE A GREAT STORY!!!!!! Joyce and I wish the best for you always!
Congratulations Ben and Karen.
To Ben: You could not have picked a better, sweet lady for your mate.
John
Congratulations Karen and Benjamin. We wish you two a happy future together.
Congrats to you both. Im so glad you finally found him and wish you both much happiness. How wonderful to have your daddy walk with you. Enjoy your new journey together. Take care of her Ben she is a sweet lady.
Lin
Congratulations Ben and Karen! What a wonderful gift of love you shared with family and friends and especially with the residents of Century Care Center! I wish you both all the best love has to offer. Salud!
Congratulations and best of luck!
Jim and Isoris From New York
Karen, We are so happy for you and your new husband, we have been married for over 40 years and hope you have the long and happy marriage we still enjoy, Love and best wishes to both of you
Karen and Ben,
I am so glad your day turned out so perfect because you two deserve the best. I am so happy for you and hope you will have a lifetime of happiness. Love you, Bonnie
Congratulations to both of you. So sorry we couldn’t be there. God bless you both.
Much love,
Ted & Kathy
the pictures were great !!! i wish you’all the best.
Congrats! A Valentine’s Wedding! What a blessed event!
Enjoy each other and keep in touch.
Your cuz,
Kara
that was so great wish I could of been there we were wondering oh it went. if the new born was not sick we would of been there. I loved the pictures. love you all
Congratulations Ben and Karen…welcome to the family Karen.
My cousin Ben is so special to me, and you are so lucky to now have him as a husband, as he is to have you.
May you have many years of happiness, and would love to meet you someday.
What awesome pictures of all of you, and very special for your father.
Love and Good Wishes for a Happy Future.
Donna
Karen you deserve happiness in your life, and glad you found the man of your dreams. May you and Ben have a blessed and Jesus filled life together. God Bless.
Karen & Ben….Congratulations! I know you were so happy to have your Father there with you. May God richly bless your lives together.
Wishing you lots of love and happiness from the other side of the world! We only wish we could have been there. all of our love from here in Japan! Your family- Chris, Alex, Connor Ryan and Megan! Sumi too!
Our saying is “Some people think life ends at a nursing home, for us it is just beginning.” Thank you Century Care Center for making a girls dreams come true. To all of you who worked so hard, may God bless you. Karen Leonardi
Real nice. Way to go. Glad your Father could be there for you.
Real nice. Way to go.
May you love grow as old as some of the people in the Century Care Center! This couldn’t have happened to a nicer couple.
I want to thank everyone for making this come together without a hitch. Our honeymoon was fabulous. Thank you all. Ben & Karen Leonardi
Beautiful story, beautiful family… many Blessings!
Beautiful—I agree nothing beats this. I hope they watch “The Notebook” on their honeymoon. Best wishes.
This is such a great story, glad to see something good in the news.
AWESOME!!! I just love this.
Nothing better ! ! !