The engagement of Erin Cathleen Powell and Joshua Paul Simpson is being announced by their parents.
She is the daughter of Stephen and the late Mary Powell, Ottawa. He is the son of Gary Simpson and Tammy
Thatcher, Perrysburg.
The bride-to-be graduated from Ottawa-Glandorf High School in 2002 and from Owens Community College with
an associate degree in nursing. She is employed as a registered nurse at Planned Parenthood of Northwest
Ohio and the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Simpson graduated from Eastwood High School in 2002 and is attending Owens Community College majoring in
computer programming. He served in the U.S. Air Force and is currently employed by Schutz Containers.

They are planning a July 18 wedding at Maumee Bay Resort, Oregon.