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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. She had everything planned. It would be the perfect wedding, big and old-school, just as they wanted.
She had the dress. He had the zoot suit.
Deborah Ortiz and Rudy Lucero would marry at the University of New Mexico duck pond, surrounded by their five children serving as bridesmaids and groomsmen, their seven grandchildren and 325 close friends and family. A procession of classic cars, each adorned with flowers Ortiz made out of tissue, would escort the wedding party to a grand reception.
Bride and groom Rudy and Deborah Lucero have been together for 15 years. They got married Feb. 7 in a Zoom wedding because Rudy is hospitalized with COVID-19. (Courtesy of Deborah Lucero)