Townsend, Hardwick to wed

Thomas and Deanne Townsend of Orrick and David and Christina Hardwick of Nixa announce the engagement of their children, Ashley Townsend and Ryan Hardwick.

Ashley is a 2005 graduate of Orrick High School and a 2009 graduate of Avila University in Kansas City, Mo. where she received a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She also received her master’s in accounting from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, followed by her CPA.

She is employed as a Risk Assurance Auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kansas City, Mo.

Ryan is a 2007 graduate of Nixa High School and a 2011 graduate of Avila University where he received a bachelor’s degree in radiology.

He is employed as an Interventional Radiology Technologist at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.

A March 2013 wedding is planned.