Parents of the couple are Carol Hock of Culbertson, the late Bernard Hock and Rick and Lorene Friess of Solon, Ohio.
The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of McCook High School and a 2008 graduate of McCook Community Collage with an Associates of Applied Science in graphic design. She is employed at LCD Photography in Mentor, Ohio, as a graphic designer, studio manager, and photographer.
The prospective bridegroom is a 1998 graduate of Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and a 2002 graduate of Ohio State University with a Bachelors of Science in agriculture. He is pursuing his second degree at the University of Akron, a Bachelor's of Science in construction engineering technologies. He is employed by Carron Asphalt Paving as a foreman.
A Feb. 6, 2010, wedding is planned at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook.
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