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Congratulations, Laura & Ryan!

good5x7crop2Mr. and Mrs. Marc Alan Hollabaugh of Our Town are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Anne Hollabaugh, to Ryan Wallace Bogert, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randal Wallace Bogert of Cambridge, Maryland. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mrs. George C. Breidenbach of Belleville, Illinois, and the late Mr. Breidenbach and Mrs. W. Alan Hollabaugh of St. Louis, Missouri, and the late Mr. Hollabaugh. Laura is a graduate of St. Teresa’s Academy. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in studio art and visual communication from the University of Arizona. Laura is currently a freelance fashion stylist in San Francisco, California. 

Her groom-elect is the grandson of Marguerite Gardner and the late Mr. Friend A. Kerns and the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bogert. Ryan is a graduate of Cambridge South Dorchester High School in Cambridge, Maryland. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics and international relations from the University of Pennsylvania. Ryan is currently pursuing a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California Haas School of Business. He is a member of Zeta Psi fraternity and is employed with Byer California in San Francisco. Theirs will be a June 8th wedding at Hotel Villa Amor in Sayulita, Mexico. 

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