Brewer -- Dirnberger

Mark and Carla Brewer of Perryville, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lora Jean Brewer, of Chaffee, Missouri, to Ryan Ray Dirnberger of Chaffee. He is the son of Ronnie and Charlotte Dirnberger of Chaffee.

Lora is a 2009 graduate of Perryville High School and received a bachelor's of science degree in wildlife and conservation biology from Southeast Missouri State University. She is a farm bill wildlife biologist at Quail Forever Inc. in Benton, Missouri.

Ryan is a 2003 graduate of Chaffee High School and received his bachelor's of science degree in wildlife and conservation biology from Southeast Missouri State University. He is a wildlife management biologist at the Missouri Department of Conservation in Perryville.

An Oct. 17 wedding is planned at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee.