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Weddings Markaysa Teresa Norwood, M.B.A. ‘05, married Alex Robinson on June 5 in Valdosta, Ga. She is employed as an IT administrator by Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority. Brandon Maze, ‘07, married Ashley Booe on May 22. Maze is escalation manager at Citi Cards in Kansas City, Mo. Shana Gruenefeld, ‘08, and Peter Eisentrager were married on September 4, 2010 in New Bloomfield, Mo. Gruenefeld manages the Barnes and Noble bookstore on the Parkville campus. Valerie McCollum, ‘08, married Robert Offield, ‘02, on October 23. The wedding ceremony was held at the Parkville (Mo.) Presbyterian Church, with a reception following at the Arts Incubator of Kansas City (Mo.) Shannon Eyster, ‘09, married Mathew Edwards on May 8. The bride is employed by the city of Kansas City, Mo., as a figure skating coach.
Jerri Allen Shaw, ‘06, and her husband, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Rob Shaw, welcomed their son, Robert Phillip Shaw II, into the family on Aug. 27, 2009, in Hampton, Va. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21.5 inches long at birth. Lee J. Cashatt, ‘07, and her husband, Louie, welcomed son Bentley Braddock Cashatt into the family on March 18. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 19.5 inches long at birth.
Robert Hughs, ‘08, and his wife, Jennifer, are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Owen Zachary. He was born on Feb. 17 in Belleville, Ill., and weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Owen joins siblings Dylan, Aubrey and Evan. Hughs is currently stationed at Scott Air Force Base (where Park has a campus center). Michael J. Badilla, ’09, his wife, Lisa, and daughter Sophie, welcomed Emmanuel Torrez Badilla to the family on March 2. He weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long at birth.
Birth announcements Paul, ‘03, and Susan Plunkett, ‘05, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kaylee Marie Plunkett on Sept. 14, in Midlothian, Va. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 21 inches long at birth. Brianne McCollum Steffel, ‘05, her husband, Travis, and son, Landon, welcomed Brooks Hunter Steffel to the family on May 28.
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