Mr. and Mrs. James Daniel Hamilton of Wheaton, Illinois, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Colleen Mary Hamilton, to Thomas Montgomery Watson, the son of Sally Spradling Stuart of Overland Park and Mr. Christopher Jay Watson of Fairway. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carroll Malaby of Lanark, Illinois, and Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton of Glasgow, Kentucky. Colleen is a graduate of Wheaton Warrenville South High School in Wheaton, Illinois. She earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Missouri and a master of arts degree in mental health counseling from Saint Louis University. Colleen is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and is careering with Timberline Knolls in Lamont, Illinois. 

Her groom-elect is the grandson of Dorothy Vickrey Watson of Prairie Village, the late Mr. Thomas Morgan Watson, the late Winifred Jenkins Spradling, and the late Mr. Harry Montgomery Spradling. Tom is a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Missouri. Tom was a BOTAR escort in 2012. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and is employed with Softchoice in Chicago, Illinois. Theirs will be a July 11th wedding at Bethany United Methodist Church in Itasca, Illinois.

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