Svendson — Oldenburg are engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frey Svendson of Lafayette announce the engagement of their daughter Courtney Mills Svendson to George Matthew Oldenburg III, son of George and Marleen Oldenburg of Broussard. The couple will be united in a Catholic wedding ceremony Friday, January 10, 2020, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stewart Shea Jr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Svendson Sr. She is a 2009 graduate of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau and a 2013 graduate of Louisiana State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and a 2015 graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she received a Master of Business Administration. She is employed as Brand Team Leader for Brown & Brown Inc. in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The groom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. George A. M. Oldenburg and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brennan. He is a 2006 graduate of Lafayette High School’s Gifted and Talented Program. He is a 2010 graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans where he earned dual degrees including a Bachelor of Science in Management and Marketing and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology. He manages his family’s business, Zoosiana (Zoo of Acadiana) in Broussard.