Mr. and Mrs. Randall Bruce Cordill of Prairie Village and Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Michael Helton of Leawood, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mallory Elise Helton, to Thomas Patrick Larkin, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Grant Larkin III of Lawrence, Kansas. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward James Bray, the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ernest Helton, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wells Henderson of Overland Park, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Lorin Cordill. Mallory is a graduate of Notre Dame de Sion High School. She earned a bachelor of science degree in education and sports science from The University of Kansas and a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Mallory is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and is careering with Bend Urology Associates in Bend, Oregon.

Her groom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Anthony August Korte of Arkansas City, Kansas, and the late Mr. Korte, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grant Larkin, Jr., of Wichita, Kansas. Tom is a graduate of Garden City Senior High School in Garden City, Kansas. He earned a bachelor of architecture degree from The University of Kansas and a master’s degree in environmental design from Michigan State University. Tom is a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and is employed by DMK Golf Design in Bend, Oregon. Theirs will be an August 10th wedding at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church.

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