Karen Ilene Finkle, daughter of Bradley and Linda Finkle of Leawood, Kan., and Todd Gordon Newmark, son of the late Stevan Newmark and Linda and David Marcus of St. Louis, have announced their engagement.

She is the granddaughter of the late Louis and Ruth Finkle and the late Gerald and Harriet Sherman and Louise Sherman.

He is the grandson of the late Melvin and Sissie Newmark and the late Nelson Berger and Lenore Berger.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Blue Valley North High School and Indiana University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts. She is currently an account manager with an advertising agency in Chicago. Her fiance is a graduate of Parkway Central High School and Indiana State University, where he graduated with a B.S. degree in recreational and sports management.

He is currently an executive meeting planner with Embassy Suites Hotel in Chicago.

A May 2006 wedding is planned.