Ashley Marie Hearn of Derby and Alan Randal Vogel of Marion announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

Parents of the couple are John and Cindy Hearn of El Dorado and Randy and Carol Vogel of Marion. Grandparents are Alberta Harms of El Dorado and the late Vernon Harms, Ed and Willie Hearn of Great Bend, Dwain and Phyliss Gill of Sylvia, and the late James and Maxine Vogel.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Circle High School and Kansas State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in social work. She is employed as a foster care case manager at Youthville in Wichita.

Her fiancé is a graduate of Marion High School and Kansas State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics and agronomy. He is employed as an agronomist by Ag Service in Whitewater.

The couple will be married Nov. 8 at the First Baptist Church of El Dorado.