Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 10 Apr 2007 TUCSON, Ariz. - Deloris I. Schlager, 81 died March 31, 2007 in Tucson Ariz. Funeral Services will be held Thursday April 12 at 10:30 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church with Pastor Jeffrey Grams officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering. Visitation will be Wednesday April 11 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made in Deloris's name to the Lutheran Hour Ministries. Condolences may be made by visiting www.jolliffefuneralhome.com and will be forwarded to the family. Jolliffe Funeral Home of Scottsbluff is assisting the family with arrangements. Deloris was born in Shelton, to Louis and Irene (Meyer) Hansen. She attended schools in Buffalo County and graduated from Ravenna High School. While working at Concordia College in Seward, she met Edward Schlager and they were married Jan. 20, 1952, in Staplehurst. They farmed west of Mitchell for a number of years before moving to Scottsbluff. Deloris was a homemaker and a cafeteria worker at Roosevelt Grade School until her retirement. In 1998 she moved to Tucson, Ariz., to be closer to family. She was an active member of St. James Lutheran Church in Scottsbluff and Faith Lutheran Church in Tucson. Survivors include her daughters; Kathy Henson of Homedale, Ind., Carolyn Schlager of Tucson, Edella Schlager of Tucson, beloved granddaughter Mariah Mackie of Homedale, Ind., sister Eunice (Alfred) Suhr of Seward, and brother Wayne (Marge) Hansen of Staplehurst. Preceding her in death was her husband Edward on Dec. 7, 1987, and her sister and brother-in-law Twila and Fred Greckel.