PAULDING – Catherine Lynn Christo and Michael Bryan Szabo of Defiance, are announcing their engagement and approaching marriage.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Jerry and Elizabeth Christo of Paulding. She is a 2002 graduate of Paulding High School and is employed by the Spangler Candy Company in Bryan.

Her fiancé is the son of Mike and Jody Szabo of Defiance and Diane Rumer of Ashtabula. He is a 2002 graduate of Ayersville High School and is employed at Tru-Fast in Bryan.

The couple will exchange wedding vows at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 11, 2012 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Defiance.