"In 1956 Marlene Kayser was a senior in high school when she joined her first Democratic political campaign — the second presidential run of Adlai Stevenson, who lost in a landslide to Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.

She was devastated as only an idealistic teenager could be, she told friends throughout her life.

"But then I got used to it," she always added . . . . ." 

Reporter Josephine  Marcotty captured everything wonderful about Marlene in this (belated) obituary, especially Marlene's sense of humor.