Katherine Loos and R.J. “Jason” Cirksena III were joined in marriage May 25, 2019, at Oak View Event Center in Owatonna. The Rev. Mark Miller conducted the ceremony.     

The groom is the son of the Rev. Randy Cirksena Jr. of Ellendale United Methodist Church, who read scripture during the ceremony.

The bride is an employee of the U.S. Forest Service. The groom is a manager with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Federal Bureau of Land Management Fire Suppression and Fire Investigation and works in Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

The couple have made their home in the Spokane Valley, Washington, area.