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McBride announces engagement

by | Aug 1, 2024 | Featured

Mark Brkovich and Erica McBride

Mark Brkovich and Erica McBride are planning a wedding in 2025.

John (Jack) McBride Jr. of Hopkinton announces the engagement of his daughter, Erica Karen McBride (Hopkinton High School class of 2014) to Mark Daniel Brkovich of Frederick, Maryland. The couple currently resides in Arlington, Virginia.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of John and Carol McBride of Hopkinton and Dr. Stephen Richardson of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The prospective groom is the son of Joe and Audrey Brkovich of Frederick, Maryland. He is the grandson of the late George and Mary Brkovich of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and Harry and May Flickinger of Gaithersburg, Maryland.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. She is employed as an internal audit manager with Capital One.

The prospective groom, also a graduate of the University of Maryland, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology & criminal justice and currently serves as a police officer for the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland.

Planning is in the works for a September 2025 wedding in Tuscany, Italy.

1 Comment

  1. Nick Massucco

    Congratulations! Enjoy evey Minute of it!

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