Maura Lee Schrader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Schrader of south county, and Jamie D. McAlister, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McAlister of Piedmont, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.

Lee is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders and a master’s degree in speech pathology. She is employed by the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis as a speech language pathologist.

Her fiancé, McAlister, is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He is employed by Orbit Medical as a sales representative.

The couple plan a July wedding at Church of the Reformation-Lutheran in St. Louis.