Shea Callahan Weds Dan Cook

The Celebration and Blessing of the marriage of Miss Shea Nichols Callahan, daughter of Carol and Stewart Callahan of Mechanicsville, Virginia to Mr. Daniel James Cook, son of Susan and Robert Nalewajk of Setauket, New York, took place September 26, 2014 at the Hillside Gazebo of the Publick House Historic Inn in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The Reverend David W. Perkins, TH.D. formerly Vicar of All Souls Episcopal Church, Mechanicsville, Virginia and currently Rector in Transition at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, Newport News, Virginia officiated. The Trillium String Trio of Grafton, Massachusetts provided the music for the outdoor ceremony.

The bride escorted and presented in marriage by her parents wore a customized Maggie Sottero Nadia ball gown with cathedral length veil. She is the granddaughter of Anna Bell Nichols and the late Stewart Nichols of Palmyra, Virginia, the late Pernie Weeks Callahan of Warrenton, Virginia and the late Flinton Callahan of Danville, Virginia. The groom, also escorted and presented in marriage by his parents, is the grandson of Charles Entenmann and the late Nancy Entenmann of Key Largo, Florida and Bayside, New York.

The bride’s sister, Kelsi Poole Callahan of Laytonsville, Maryland served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Anne Bowie, Brittany Thompson, Kate Townsend all of Richmond, Virginia, Joana McDonough of Peabody, Massachusetts and Amina Sheikh of San Francisco, California. Both the maid of honor and the bridesmaids wore long burgundy gowns by Bill Lefkoff. Madelyn Morelli of Midlothian, Virginia, daughter of Amanda Morelli and the bride’s godfather, Kristopher Morelli and granddaughter of the bride’s godmother, Beth Morelli, served as flower girl. She wore a burgundy flower girl gown by Tiffany.

Christopher Jankun of Quincy, Massachusetts served as best man. Groomsmen were Cory D’arezzo of Boxboro, Massachusetts, Julian Wood of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Robert Nalewajk, stepbrother of the groom, of Deer Park, New York.

Katie Cook of New York City and Christine Cook of Chicago, Illinois, sisters of the groom, served as scripture readers.

A cocktail reception and dinner hosted by the bride’s parents followed the ceremony in the Historic Barn and Paige Hall venues of the Publick House. Music for dancing was provided by Greg Bedard Entertainment. A post reception after party was hosted by the bride and groom at Ebenezer’s Tavern in the Publick House. The rehearsal dinner hosted by the groom’s parents was held Thursday evening at Rovezzi’s Ristorante in Sturbridge. The weekend celebration concluded on Saturday with a breakfast buffet hosted by the wedding couple at Crafts Hall in the Publick House.

The bride graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in History from Mount Holyoke College. She received her M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts Boston as part the Boston Teacher Residency program. Mrs. Cook is currently employed as an eighth grade American History teacher at Sharon Middle School in Sharon, Massachusetts.

The groom graduated as a Dean’s List student from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He received a Master of Engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Cook is the founder and president of Cook Automation, LLC.

After the wedding, the couple enjoyed a mini honeymoon at Mt. Snow, Vermont. They will take a cruise of islands in the Western Mediterranean aboard the Wind Star sailing yacht in April of 2015.

The couple currently resides in Sharon, Massachusetts.