John and Tricia Whittles, of Laurel, are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Robert Christopher, to Ashley Deanna Lunemann, daughter of Jerry and Ann Marie Lunemann, of Hillsborough, N.J.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds a master's degree in hearing and speech from Loyola University. She currently works at Children's National Medical Center as a speech language pathologist.
The future groom is a graduate of St. Vincent Pallotti High School and the University of Maryland and holds a master's degree in exercise science from McDaniel College. He currently works as a physical education teacher in Montgomery County and is the head wrestling coach at Springbrook High School.
A July 2014 wedding is planned.