Peter Feidelberg & Meredith
Ewart: Quite a Birthday
Peter
Feidelberg, 34, and Meredith Ewart, 29, had a romance
that began in a corporate office in Montreal. They took
their vows in a civil ceremony at the Municipal Building
in Manhattan.
And more than a year after that, they held the
reception back home in Quebec, at a country inn where
friends and family danced and toasted their happiness
under bright sunny skies.
"They really loved each other," said Robert Ewart, Ms.
Ewart's father. "I never heard them fight, never heard
them bicker."
Both worked at Aon Corporation, on the 104th floor of
2 World Trade Center. Their long-planned wedding party
finally took place on Aug. 11 at an inn a few miles from
Otterburn Park, Ms. Ewart's hometown, where about 90
guests gathered. The weather, so hot and sticky most of
August, became clear and mild for the occasion.
"He was just a prince of a fellow, and we just loved
him," Ms. Ewart's father said of Mr. Feidelberg. "At the
end I went over, and I said, `I love you, Mer,' and she
said, `I love you, Dad.' "
Mr. Feidelberg, an avid skier and bicyclist, had
recently returned from a trip to Germany, where he hiked
in the mountains with his father. "I was fortunate to
travel with him," said his father, Michael. "It's a very
big loss."
Ms. Ewart was born on June 25, 1972, her father's 33rd
birthday, and they always celebrated together, with two
cakes: orange for him, chocolate for her. But last year,
she and her husband bought a house in Hoboken, N.J., and
could not make it to Montreal for the big day.
As they went for a walk that evening, Mr. Feidelberg
told her he regretted that he had never formally proposed
to her. "So he got down on his knees and said, `Meredith,
will you marry me?' " Mr. Ewart said, "And he gave her
this gorgeous diamond engagement ring. Needless to say,
she accepted the proposal, and the birthday present."
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