Mark Kerr Beecher ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LF2L-RQM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 2 Jun 1973 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA. ¹

2. Newspaper: 26 Jun 1973, Uniontown, Fayette, PA. ¹ First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Leechburg was the setting for the wedding of Stephanie Ann Voytilla and Mark Kerr Beecher.

The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. H. Edmund Pfeifer, uncle of the bridegroom, assisted by Rev Donald E. Hebrank.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve J. Voytilla of Perryopolis and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Glenn Beecher of Allegheny Twp.

Escorted to the altar by her father, the bride wore a floor length gown of white chiffon over taffeta with lace appliques on the bodice. She carried a nosegay of daisies, yellow roses and white carnations with baby's breath.

Mary Kay Voytilla of Perryopolis was maid of honor for her sister.

Richard Pallino of Leechburg was best man. Ushers were Joseph Foley, Coraopolis, brother-in-law of the bridegroom and Robert Miller of Leechburg.

A reception followed the ceremony in the social rooms of the church. The couple then departed on a wedding trip to Disney World in Orlando, Fla. They will reside in Portsmouth, Va., where Mr. Beecher is stationed aboard the USS Saratoga.

The bride is a graduate of Memorial High School with the class of 1969 and studied class of 1969 and studied radiology at West Penn Hospital. She was employed at St. Francis Hospital as a radiologic technologist.

The bridegroom is a I960 graduate of Kiski Area High School and attended Educational Institute of Pittsburgh.

3. Residence: in 2007 in Parkersburg, Wood, WV. ²

Mark married Stephanie Ann Voytilla, daughter of Steve Jack Voytilla and Jane Mary Gladys, on 2 Jun 1973 in Leechburg, Armstrong, PA.¹ (Stephanie Ann Voytilla was born on 23 Nov 1951 ⁴.)