AboutGary & Teri Expertise My main specialties are invitations, catering, and banquet locations or in general, wedding receptions. Started as a family business over 75 years ago I now own and operate a catering & banquet facility for over 30 years and have catered small cookout events to large formal ones with everything in between. I even had an event that was attended by the President of the United States. I have been involved with over three thousand weddings and have been told that I have seen and done it all. I must reply almost, because something new always pops up.
Experience I have preformed almost every service needed at a reception from invitations, hosting and catering the event to photographing, dj and honeymoon plans with the latter being special circumstances. I have worked and hosted weddings up to 750 guest and other functions up to two thousand. With well over 30 years experiance of consulting with brides I have seen much of what works and does not.
I have also been involved with many business and orginizational functions and also have been listed in "Who's Who" business and executive edition.
Question I have a good friend getting married who is doing her own invitations. The grooms father is deceased but they would like to include his name on the invitation, however they do not want to use to word "late" before his name... is there any other way to word the invite without this? Also the bride is bascially covering the cost of the event with some help from both sets of parents. thanks!
Answer Hi Victoria, Using the term late is really the properly accepted way to handle the situation if you list the names. The only other traditional method is for them to issue the invitations themselves and not list parents.
I have never seen it done but listing parents names like they are married like this
Sue Marie Smith
daughter of
Robert and Mary Smith
along with
Groom
grooms parents
invite you to join in the celebration etc...
in this case, she is their daughter but nothing is mentioned about the fact her father has died.
I hope this can help out.
