The engagement and upcoming marriage of Jamie Duniphan and Ryan DuPatz have been announced by the prospective groom's parents, Richard and Karen DuPatz of Alton.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Kent and Sandy Duniphan of Imperial, Mo. She is a 2001 graduate of Seckman High School in Imperial and a 2004 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia. She graduated in 2006 from Missouri Baptist University with a master's degree in psychology. She is school psychological examiner for...