Gertsacov and Schwab tie the knot in Yonkers

Stephanie Schwab and Adam Gertsacov, both formerly of Riverdale, were married on Saturday at the Roosevelt Ballroom in Yonkers. Rabbi Jason Nevarez officiated with Willard Knox, of Congregation Tehillah, taking part in the ceremony.

The couple met online on the Jewish dating site JDate in 2004 and became engaged in January.

The bridge, 40, is keeping her name. She is vice president of Converseon, a marketing agency in Manhattan, specializing in Internet marketing and social media. She graduated from the University of Washington and received her MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ms. Schwab is the daughter of Steven Schwab of Chicago and Eva Shore of West Palm Beach, Fla. Her father is the president of Sassafras Enterprises in Chicago, a children's products company. Her mother is a substitute teacher in West Palm Beach. The bride is a stepdaughter of Nancy Schwab.

The groom, 43, is an actor, producer and professional clown. He writes and performs one-man shows and is best known as the impresario of the Acme Miniature Circus, an authentic Victorian flea circus. Mr. Gertsacov holds the honorary position of Clown Laureate of Greenbelt, Md. and is also the director of Bright Night Providence, the New Years' Eve Festival of Providence, R.I.

Mr. Gertsacov graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received his master's degree in theater and communications from Rhode Island College and the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence. Mr. Gertsacov is also a graduate of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College, the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre, and has apprenticed and studied with a number of theatrical luminaries, including Dario Fo, Ctibor Turba and master clown Bill Irwin.

Mr. Gertsacov is the eldest son of the late Alan and Karel Gertsacov of Narragansett, R.I. Ms. Gertsacov was a retired art school teacher and founder of the Arts In Academics Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation, a fund dedicated to combining arts and academics within the public school curriculum. Mr. Gertsacov was owner of Cove Metal Company, a textile machinery company.

The couple will live in their home in Yonkers after a brief honeymoon in Paris, France.

This is part of the April 10, 2008 online edition of The Riverdale Press.

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