Helen and Stewart Farbman announce the engagement of their daughter, Hilary Ilene Apple, to Dr. Patrick Yao, son of Catherine and Allen Yao of Potomac, Md. Hilary is also the daughter of the late Donald Apple.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Lily and Herman Cahn and the late Ruth and Dave Apple of Seattle. She is the founder and owner of Apple-A-Day Pet Care of Austin, Texas, which she continues to run from her new home in Omaha, Neb.

The future groom graduated from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and is a doctor of osteopathic medicine. He is a captain in the United States Air Force and is a first-year resident in family medicine in Omaha.

A March wedding at The Intercontinental Hotel in Kansas City is planned.