Hyman-Brooks Engagement

Leslie Sara Hyman of Detroit, Mich., daughter of Diane and Paul Reeds of Toronto and Barry Hyman of Detroit, and Justin Ryan Brooks of Chesterfield, son of Ilene Brooks and Dr. Richard Scharnhorst of Chesterfield, and Dr. Jeffrey Brooks of St. Louis have announced their engagement. 

She is the granddaughter of Allen and the late Lillian Hyman, and Don and Marian Wiles. He is the grandson of the late David and Lillian Friedman, the late Edythe Friedman, and Carol and the late Sonny Brooks. 

The bride-to-be is a nurse at Barnes Jewish Hospital and is completing her master’s of science in the adult nurse practitioner program at Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College. Her fiance is a graduate of Parkway Central High School. He earned his bachelor of science degree from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University and received his MHA and MBA from St. Louis University. He is currently working as a healthcare consultant for Deloitte. 

The couple got engaged while on a vacation to the Greek Isles. They are planning a June, 2014 wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.  After a honeymoon in New Zealand the couple will reside in St. Louis.