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Slappendel, Sewell
Christine Linn Slappendel and Bret Christopher Sewell were married Feb. 22 at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame. A reception followed the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Thomas and Marjorie Slappendel of Los Altos. A native of California, she graduated from St. Francis High School. and the University of Southern California, with a bachelor’s degree in communications and French. She is currently employed by Cisco Systems Inc.
The groom is the son of Pat and Judy Sewell of Ste. Catherine’s, Canada.
He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, and has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and a master’s degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is employed by Qualcomm Inc.
The couple, both avid travelers, honeymooned in Africa and reside in Atherton.
for Ninyo and Moore in San Diego.
The groom-to-be is the son of Norma and Geoff Egan of Los Altos Hills. He graduated from Los Altos High and received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from CalPoly. He is employed by York International.
Cameron, Kourkina
Masha Kourkina and Chris Cameron have announced their engagement to be married Aug. 9 at the Los Altos United Methodist Church.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Elena and Vladislav Kourkina of Moscow, Russia. She is working toward her doctorate in applied mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. She has a master’s degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and did graduate work at Moscow State University.
The groom-to-be is the son of Carole and Don Cameron of Mountain View. He graduated from Mountain View High School and the University of California at San Diego, and received his doctorate in applied mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is doing postdoctoral research in radiation oncology at Stanford University Medical Center.
Yeend, Ward
Erica Yeend and Michael Goeffrey Ward have announced their engagement to be married.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Nancy Neal Yeend of Palo Alto, her husband is Steve L. Suddjian; and Warren E. Yeend of Los Altos Hills, his wife is Elissa Hirsh
Erica graduated from Gunn High School, Palo Alto, and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. She is employed at O’Hare Int’l Airport as a manager for United Airlines.
The groom-to-be is the son of John A. and Rev. Elizabeth H. Ward of Barrington, Ill. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Denison University, Ohio, and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame. Ind.
He is employed at InvestLinc Group as vice president.
The couple plan to live in Chicago, Ill.
