Marriage is uniting two of Idaho's most famous families, with the engagement of Kelly Andrus, the youngest daughter of Gov. Cecil Andrus.
A 28-year-old legal secretary, Andrus confirmed that she plans to marry Chase Church, 31, son of the late Sen. Frank Church, late this summer or early fall. She said Church would move to Boise from Washington, D.C.Both families have been prominent in Idaho Democratic Party politics for generations.
Cecil Andrus has been elected Idaho governor three times and was Interior secretary under President Carter. Frank Church, who died in 1984, was a senator for 24 years and ran for the Demcratic nomination for president in 1976.
Frank Church's widow, Bethine Chase Church, also is from a historically prominent Idaho family, including a federal judge, a governor and two U.S. senators.