David Fruchey, Elkhart, and Mary Fruchey, Palmetto, Fla., announce the engagement of their daughter, Karen Rae Huffman, North Webster, to George Joseph Coppens, North Webster. He is the son of George and Charlotte Coppens, Fountain Valley, Calif.
The bride-to-be is the laboratory director at St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne. She is a 1975 graduate of Elkhart Central High School. She received a bachelor's degree in 1979 and a master's degree in 1987 from Indiana University.
The groom-elect is a dining services manager at Canteen Services, Roanoke. He is a 1970 graduate of Notre Dame High School, Detroit, Mich. He received a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1974.
