Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ladwig of St. Charles and Mr. and Mrs. Garold Tucker of Mexico, Mo., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Laura Ellen Tucker, to Kevin Eric Sokoloski. He is the son of Duane and Joyce Sokoloski of Seattle, Wash.

Tucker attended Cape Girardeau Public Schools, and New York State University at Stoneybrooke in Sayville. She expects to receive a degree in the physician assistant program from Touro College in Long Island, N.Y., in May.

Sokoloski received a master's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Champaign. He is an architect with Hoffman, Grayson Architects in Huntington, Long Island.

An April 29 wedding is planned at Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church in St. Peters.