She was born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Deines) Schlager in Mitchell, Nebraska on December 2, 1923. The family then moved to Hawk Springs where she graduated from High School there in 1942. Clara moved to Torrington, Wyoming that same year and went to work for United Telephone Company of the West. She met and married William G. Costopoulos on February 25, 1955 in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the Greek Orthodox Church. In 1982, Clara retired from the phone company with 38 years of service.
She enjoyed tending to her flowers and her many rose bushes. She also enjoyed being a volunteer for the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and loved taking care of her granddaughter. Clara was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church in Cheyenne.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years, W.G. Costopoulos of Torrington, son Peter, also of Torrington, granddaughter Sara (Ryan) Harkins of Rawlins, WY, brothers, Robert, Harry, Lawrence, and William Schlager, and sisters, Rose Schwartz and Wilma Ward.
She was preceded in death by her parents, seven brothers Walter, Victor, Alex, Ruben, Albert, Elmer, and Theodore, and three sisters, Pauline Helzer, Freida Debus, and Hilda Heinrich.
© Colyer Funeral August 2010
She was born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Deines) Schlager in Mitchell, Nebraska on December 2, 1923. The family then moved to Hawk Springs where she graduated from High School there in 1942. Clara moved to Torrington, Wyoming that same year and went to work for United Telephone Company of the West. She met and married William G. Costopoulos on February 25, 1955 in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the Greek Orthodox Church. In 1982, Clara retired from the phone company with 38 years of service.
She enjoyed tending to her flowers and her many rose bushes. She also enjoyed being a volunteer for the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and loved taking care of her granddaughter. Clara was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church in Cheyenne.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years, W.G. Costopoulos of Torrington, son Peter, also of Torrington, granddaughter Sara (Ryan) Harkins of Rawlins, WY, brothers, Robert, Harry, Lawrence, and William Schlager, and sisters, Rose Schwartz and Wilma Ward.
She was preceded in death by her parents, seven brothers Walter, Victor, Alex, Ruben, Albert, Elmer, and Theodore, and three sisters, Pauline Helzer, Freida Debus, and Hilda Heinrich.
© Colyer Funeral August 2010
Family Members
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Pauline Elizabeth Schlager Dillman Helzer
1909–2002
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Walter J. Schlager
1909–1990
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Frieda Schlager Debus
1911–2003
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Victor Schlager
1912–1995
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Rose Schlager Schwartz
1915–2011
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Alexander Schlager
1918–1974
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Hilda Schlager Heinrich
1919–2010
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Ruben Schlager
1921–2010
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Albert Schlager
1922–1972
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Elmer Schlager
1922–1979
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Robert L. Schlager
1925–2012
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Harry Herbert Schlager Sr
1928–2020
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Theodore Floyd Schlager
1932–1979
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