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Kathy Schamber

Feb 19, 1962 - Jun 30, 2008
Funeral services for Kathy Schamber of Shoshoni will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton. The Rev. Ian McFarland will officiate. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton. There will be a viewing from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. Schamber died at Riverton Memorial Hospital on Monday, June 30, 2008. She was 46 years old. Kathy McMurtrey was born in Butte, Mont., on Feb. 19, 1962, the daughter of Robert Mac and Lavenda (Fox) McMurtrey. She married Terry Schamber in Pavillion on Jan. 23, 1997, and was a homemaker. She had lived in Shoshoni for nine years and in Pavillion for seven years prior to that. Her family said Mrs. Schamber enjoyed painting, knitting and garage sales. She was a member of the Christian faith and belonged to the VFW Auxiliary in Shoshoni. Survivors include her husband, Terry Schamber of Shoshoni; sons, Chester Schamber and wife Brandi of Riverton, Charles Quarles of Kinnear, and Nathan Schamber and wife Trish of Riverton; a daughter, Cherokee Neeles and husband Kevin of Lander; numerous grandchildren; her mother, Lavenda McMurtrey of Idaho Falls, Idaho; brothers, Robert Nelsen and his wife Carolyn of Big Piney and Mike McMurtrey and wife Vicki of Evanston; sister, Betty Dodds of Mountain Home, Idaho. She was preceded in death by her father and two sisters. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, in care of the Davis Funeral Home, 2203 West Main, Riverton WY 82501. On-line obituaries are available and condolences for the family may be made at: thedavisfuneralhome.com Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home of Riverton.