Melissa Renfro and John Darling

Melissa Renfro and John Darling, both of Lawrence, announce their engagement.

The future bride is the daughter of Timothy Krutz, Eudora, and Debra Hewitt, Grantville. She attended Oskaloosa High School. She received certifications as an emergency medical technician and an emergency medical technician intermediate from American Medical Response in Topeka, where she is employed as an emergency medical technician-intermediate.

The future groom is the son of Douglas and Paula Darling, Leavenworth. He graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1998 and Kansas University in 2002. He also received an associate’s degree as a paramedic in 2008. He is a firefighter-paramedic with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical.

The couple plan a Jan. 17, 2009, wedding at Danforth Chapel on the KU campus.