Weddings/Engagements from April 2006

Lester and Maxine Koch, Fort Scott, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Friday, April 7. Lester Koch, Fredonia, and Maxine French, Beaverton, Mich., were married April 7, 1946, in Bell, Calif. Lester served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II from October 1942 to March 1946. ...

The engagement of Kimberly Lynn Moore to Marshall Nienstedt is announced by the couple and their parents. Miss Moore is the daughter of Dale and Janet Moore, Topeka, Kan. Mr. Nienstedt is the son of Richard and Rita Nienstedt, Fort Scott. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Anderson County High School, Garnett and Emporia State University, with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She teaches third grade at St. Patrick's Elementary, Parsons, Kan...

Fred and Susan Hixon of Fort Scott, Kan., are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Hixon, to David Hensley of Nevada, Mo. The bride-elect is a Girard High School graduate and earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management from Southwest Baptist University. In 2004, she graduated with a Master of Business Administration from SBU. She is the employment specialist for the Mercy Health Center...

Mark and Debbie Stewart, Bronson, Kan., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Stewart, to Kenny Felt, son of Rick Felt, Erie, and Dena Felt, Uniontown, Kan. The wedding is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 2006, at First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown. A reception is planned to follow...

Terry and Patty West, Fort Scott, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Chrystal West, to Joshua Cowan, son of Billy and Pam Cowan, Fort Scott. The couple's wedding is planned for 2 p.m., Saturday, April 22, at Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church with a reception to follow at the Elks Lodge...

Tom and Pam Earnest of Milo, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Earnest, to Tyler Parrack, son of Gary and JoLynne Crowe of Springfield, Mo., and Tim and Brenda Parrack of Kimberling City, Mo. Bride-elect Earnest graduated from Nevada High School and is currently attending Pittsburg State University majoring in elementary educatin and minoring in early childhood...

Tom Riley of Bronaugh, Mo., and Melodie Riley of Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Alicia Dawn Riley, Nevada, to Joshua Bruce Weber, Moundville, Mo., son of Bruce and Sherie Weber of Moundville. Bride-elect Riley is a 2000 graduate of Bronaugh High School and a 2004 graduate of Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communications and Studio Art, with a teaching certification in art. ...

Meleesa Younggren and Tom Pruett announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The bride-elect, daughter of the late Linda Colvin Adams, and John Younggren, Fort Scott, graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in agriculture. She is currently the director of business development for Agri-Energy Solutions, Lubbock, Texas...

Phil and Becky Gragg, Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Sabrina Lea Gragg, to Brian Nathaniel Nikodim, son of Darrell and Julie Nikodim of Nevada. Gragg is the granddaughter of Jim and Shirley Gragg of Nevada, and the late James and Gloria Pascoe of Nevada. ...

Raymond and Laura Paul, La Cygne, Kan., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Erin Paul, Pittsburg, Kan., to Jeffrey Dennis Pommier, Arma, Kan., son of Gary and Susan Pommier, Arma. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Blanche Paul and the late Charles Paul, La Cygne, and the late Edna Weitman and the late Ivan Weitman, LaBelle, Mo. ...

Planning to be married May 1, 2006, at Runaway Bay in St. Ann, Jamaica, are Darth Creason of Grand Island, Neb., and Eric Coatney of Pittsburg, Kan. Parents of the bride-elect are Robert and Elsie Creason of Nebraska City, Neb. The future groom is the son of Kathy and Roy Yokley of Bronaugh, Mo. Maternal grandparent is Katherine Baldus of Independence, Mo. Paternal grandparent is Earney Coatney of Independence, Mo...

Kenneth and Rosemary Lalman announce the engagement of their daughter Kacy Leanne Lalman to Robert Cole Thompson, son of Curt and Robin Thompson of Lake Charles, La. Kacy is a student at Pensacola Christian College. Robert Cole attends McNeesse University of Lake Charles, La. Their wedding will be at the Gazebo of Great West Health Care, 2801 S. Horton, Fort Scott, Kan. at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 10, 2006...

Darla Torno and Greg and Vannessa Hardy announce the engagement of their daughter, Suzanne Allene Hardy, to Gregory Scot Prough, son of Roger and Carol rough of Schell City, Mo. Bride-elect Hardy is a 2003 graduate of Stockton High School and is employed by Dairi Concepts of El Dorado Springs, Mo...