Laurie and Jeff Parker, Warsaw, and Pam and Denny Strater, Fort Wayne, announce the engagement of Ross Parker and Beth Strater, both of Chicago, Ill. The bride-to-be graduated from Concordia Lutheran High School in 2004. She received a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology from Indiana University in 2008 and a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from St. Louis University in 2010. She is a speech therapist at a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Chicago. The groom-elect graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 2002. He graduated in 2006 from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He is employed at Command Transportation in Skokie, Ill. The couple plan a July 2014 wedding in Chicago.
