A Summer Wedding at St. Luke’s
Laura Tuttle Traphagen and Catherine Ann Yelverton of Manhattan and East Hampton were married at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on July 2. The Rev. Denis C. Brunelle of St. Luke’s officiated, and a reception followed at the Maidstone Club.
Ms. Traphagen is the daughter of Barbara T. Traphagen of Manhattan and East Hampton and the late Ross E. Traphagen Jr. A fourth-generation summer resident of East Hampton, she graduated from the Gunnery School in Connecticut and earned a bachelor’s degree from Denison University in Ohio. She is a pilot.
Ms. Yelverton is the daughter of the late Ann Buford Yelverton and Eugene J. Yelverton Jr. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, she has had a 30-year career in banking and credit trading and was most recently the head of loan trading at HSBC in London. She is also a former national amateur tennis champion and an accomplished golfer. The couple are members of the Maidstone Club.
They met through a friend 14 years ago.
Ms. Traphagen was escorted down the aisle by her brother, Judson B. Traphagen of New York City. Ms. Yelverton’s uncle, William F. Fenoglio Jr., walked her down the aisle. Her brothers, Edward C. Yelverton and Eugene J. Yelverton III of Mississippi, served as ushers along with Michael P. Clifford and George W. Ahl III of New York City. Brian P. Brady and Anne H. White gave readings, and Elizabeth B. Curtis of Beverly, Mass., and Tori Dauphinot of New York City were the witnesses.