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Congratulations, Alexandra & William!

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Scott Maday of Mission Hills, Kansas, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alexandra Adair Maday, to William Charleston Bolen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Patrick Bolen of Mission Hills. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Beverly Sue Brownlee-Duncan of Prairie Village, Kansas, and the late Alden Verner Brownlee, Mr. Wendell Edward Koerner and the late Mary Jo Landhuis Koerner, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Florian Maday of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Alexandra is a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School. She was a Jewel Ball debutante in 2015 and is a BOTAR, class of 2019. Alexandra earned a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing and entrepreneurship and a master’s degree in management from Southern Methodist University. A member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, she is employed with SpecChem in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Her groom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. L.W. “Bill” Stolzer and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Patrick Bolen of Salina, Kansas. William is a graduate of The Pembroke Hill School. He was a Gentleman of The Jewel Ball as well as an escort in 2010 and was a BOTAR escort in 2014. William earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from The University of Kansas and a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University. A member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, he is employed with Peak Real Estate Partners in Kansas City. Theirs will be a September 28th wedding at Village Presbyterian Church.    

Featured in the December 9, 2023 issue of The Independent.
Photo credit: Elizabeth West

 

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