Marlyn Edward Schuler was born March 8, 1944, in Wall, South Dakota, the son of Edward and Viola D. (Pippert) Schuler.

Marlyn was baptized on July 9, 1944, and confirmed on May 5, 1958, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Creighton.

He grew up on a farm-ranch in the Creighton area and received his elementary education in rural schools in the Creighton area before attending Wall High School.  As a young man he worked at the Wall Drug Auto Livery in Wall.

He was united in marriage to Janice Rittel on September 24, 1964, at Belle Fourche, South Dakota.  They made their home in Sturgis where Marlyn worked at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead.  Later they moved to Lake City and then to Lennox, South Dakota, areas where he was employed in road construction with Gustafson Construction Company. 

In the fall of 1965 they moved to Kadoka where Marlyn worked for Rich Drabek Construction Comapny, the Jackson County Highway Department, and then the South Dakota Department of Highway Maintenance.  In 1974 Marlyn purchased a trucking company, which he owned and operated until 1989.  In 1984 he and Janice purchased the Circle 10 Campground near Cactus Flat, which they have continued to operate until the present time.

Marlyn was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church of Kadoka and a former member of the Kadoka Volunteer Fire Department.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Janice Schuler of Philip; three daughters and their husbands, Ginger and Tim Klima of Ft. Pierre, South Dakota, Rhonda and Jim Davis of New Carney, Texas, and Laura and Gaylord LaPlante of Mission, South Dakota; six grandchildren; four sisters, Sylvia Eisebraun and her husband, Wilhelm, of Bismarck, North Dakota; Marilyn Drewitz of Wall; Gladys Wilburn and her husband, Wes, of Elm Springs; and Jeanette Miller and her husband, Larry, of Kadoka; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, LaVern Schuler.

A memorial has been established.

Services
Tuesday, January 14, 1997
10:00 a.m.
Concordia Lutheran Church
Kadoka, South Dakota

Officiating
Pastor William Hamill
Pastor Ray Greenseth

Music
Randi Oyan - Organist
Susan Davidson - Vocalist

Ushers
Glenn Vande Garde - Tommy Terkildsen

Active Pallbearers
Bob Spears - Gary Williams
Chuck Bowen - Rodney Cudmore
Rowdy Schuler - Clinton Herman

Honorary Pallbearers
All relatives and friends in attendance

Interment
Wall Cemetery
Wall, South Dakota