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Massachusetts one shot weddings ease for amateurs
In Edford Massachusetts a bride and groom wed under a park tent as Francis X. Coakley officiated. The ceremony was simple because Massachusetts allows a one day designation to solemnize a marriage for a $25 fee. Coakley, a retired New Jersey phone worker, conducted his first and only wedding for his son.
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Edford
Mass
Francis X. Coakley
John
Coakley
Telephone Company
Ocean Township
N.J
Massachusetts
Michael Matarazzo
Gerard G. Monaghan
Association of Bridal Consultants
New Milford
Conn
John Coakley
Teresa Triana
Triana