Pam Bowers and Gene Bowers, both of Marion, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emmy Marie Bowers, to Andrew Michael Gayle, son of Stephen and Jolene Gayle, of Florence.

Grandparents of the bride-elect are Marian Crofoot of Marion and the late John Crofoot and Virginia Bowers of Marion and the late Harold Bowers.

Her fiancés grandparents are Bob and Cecilia Gayle and Lenora Smith, all of Florence.

The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of Marion High School and a 2008 graduate of the University of Missouri Kansas City — School of Dentistry. Currently she is employed as a dental hygienist at Smile Centre in Leavenworth.

The groom-elect is a 2004 graduate of Marion High School and a 2008 graduate of the University of Kansas. Currently he is a mechanical engineer at Kiewit Power Engineers in Lenexa.

A wedding is planned for March 23 at the Gene Bowers residence in rural Marion.