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Congratulations, Emily & Wesley!

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Uhlmann III of Mission Hills are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Bloch Uhlmann, to Wesley Joseph Fehsenfeld, the son of Debra Bates Davis of Charleston, South Carolina, and Mr. Joseph Craig Fehsenfeld of Barrington Hills, Illinois. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wollman Bloch of Mission Hills and Mr. Paul Uhlmann, Jr., of Our Town and the late Mrs. Uhlmann. Emily is a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in studio art from College of Charleston and was presented at The Jewel Ball in 2005. Emily is careering as an artist and is employed with  The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as an assistant art teacher.

Her groom-elect is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robert Fehsenfeld of Crystal Lake, Illinois, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas John Bates. Wes is a graduate of Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois. He earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from College of Charleston. Wes is graduating in May, with honors in the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honors Society and will earn a masters of business administration degree from the UMKC Bloch School of Management. He is careering with The Uhlmann Company. Theirs will be an October 27th wedding in Charleston, South Carolina.

Also featured in the April 28th issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Anna Petrow

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