Patricia and Tom Martin, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Curtis Van Nostrand, Lisbon, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Marie Van Nostrand, to Walter John Kopecky III, both of Lawrence.
The future bride is 2000 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Southeast Missouri State University in 2006 and a master’s degree in flute performance from Kansas University this May. She is a freelance flutist and teacher in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas and is also an announcer for Kansas Public Radio (KANU-FM).
The future groom is the son of Walter II and Valerie Kopecky, Creve Couer, Mo., and Susan Kopecky, Maryland Heights, Mo. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2006 and is a software engineer for Garmin International in Olathe.
The couple plan a Dec. 1, 2012, wedding at Danforth Chapel at KU.