Christa Fagnant and Jacob Sperati.

Christa Fagnant and Jacob Sperati.

Fagnant, Sperati wed

Christa Fagnant and Jacob Sperati, of Seattle, Washington, were married April 7, 2018, at Camp Indianola in Indianola, Washington.

The bride is the daughter of Debbie and Dick Fagnant of Juneau. A graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School in 2003, she attended Gonzaga University and is employed doing research in the early detection of the polio virus at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The groom is the son of Elizabeth and William Sperati of Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from St. Olaf College and is employed at Lifelong in Seattle, a nonprofit organization that delivers food, housing, and health services to people living with chronic illness.

The wedding officiant was Reverend Laura Baumgartner.

Christa and Jacob simultaneously and spontaneously proposed to each other just after the totality during the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse in Terrebonne, Oregon. They will be honeymooning in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

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