Schlager, Marlene M., Dec. 5, 1933- Oct. 5, 2010 Scottsbluff Star Herald Scottsbluff, NE 7 Oct 2010 TORRINGTON, Wyo. - Marlene M. Schlager, 76, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at Community Hospital and cremation has taken place. A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at St. Rose Catholic Church with the Reverend Father Michael Carr officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. A Rosary/Wake service will be recited Thursday at 7 p.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Goshen County 4-H. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Marlene was born Dec. 5, 1933 in Devils Lake, N.D. the daughter of George and Margaret (Houchins) Amberg. She moved with her family to Scottsbluff for a short time. He father ran a Montgomery Wards store and was transferred a lot. They then moved to Torrington, where she graduated high school in 1951. Marlene attended nursing school for two years. She married William Schlager on Nov. 11, 1953 in Elko, Nev. She worked at the Torrington hospital in the emergency room as an EMT. She later became employed with the Goshen County Schools as a para-professional for kindergarten to second grade. Marlene retired from there in 2004. Marlene enjoyed camping, hiking, four-wheeling on Laramie Peak, traveling, doing woodcrafts, and especially spending time with grandchildren. Her and her husband were 4-H leaders for nine years. Marlene is survived by her husband Bill of Torrington; daughters, Lynda (Ken) Ferrari of Cheyenne, Wyo., Elizabeth (Jim) DeMott of Torrington, Cherie (Bart) Trautwein of Lingle, Wyo., and Joanna (Tom) Daiss of Lingle; sons, Jeff (Sandy) Schlager of Eaton, Colo., William (Sherry) Schlager Jr. of Ft. Collins, Colo., and Lonny Schlager and his fiancée of Torrington; sisters, Pat Amberg, Frances Glass, Margaret Clarke, and Rosemary Kilgore all of Torrington; brother, Thomas Amberg of Arvada, Colo.; 23 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and her poodle Holly. Preceding Marlene in death were her parents; sister, Nanette Rhynsburger; and granddaughter, Marissah Knowles.