NEW MADRID -- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Glaus have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jodi Rae, to Scott Wayne Pingel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pingel of Perryville.
A graduate of New Madrid County Central High School and William Woods University in Fulton, the future bride is the granddaughter of Ginny Glaus of Benton and Doris Smith of Kelso. She earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield and is completing a residency at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute.
The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Trula Baer and Rosella Pingel of Perryville. A graduate of St. Vincent's High School in Perryville and Westminster College in Fulton, he is the offensive coordinator of the football team at Westminster College and also plays for the Show-Me Believers, a national indoor football league team based in St. Charles.
Plans are being finalized for a June 7 wedding at Immaculate Conception Church in New Madrid.