Helen Marla Mutschler, 82, passed away on September 13, 2017.  Marla was an accomplished musician from an early age, playing violin, flute and piano.  She studied violin and played in the South Bend-Mishawaka Junior Symphony during her high school years. In 1952 Marla continued her music education at DePauw University in Greencastle. In 1954 she transferred to Eastman  School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she gained much experience playing in the Eastman Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic. After graduation from Eastman in 1956, she received a Fullbright Scholarship to study in Austria. She moved back to the United States in late 1957 and continued her music studies at the University of Illinois.  She also played in the Dallas Symphony from 1959-1961, took a teaching position at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX 1959-1967, and performed with the Corpus Christi Symphony from 1962-1967.  The years of study at the University of Illinois resulted in Marla being awarded a Master's degree for Violin Performance in 1959 and a Doctorate in 1973.  Marla's university music teaching career continued in 1972 at University of Wisconsin at Parkside, in 1975 at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, then in 1983 at Miami University in Miami, FL and finally in 1989 at ASU in Tempe Arizona.  She retired in 1999. Marla is preceded in death by a sister and is survived by a sister.  Funeral services were held on September 21 in Nappanee, IN. A donation may be made to Friends For Life Humane Shelter in Mesa, AZ or the ASU School of Music String Project which offers low-cost high-quality instruction for middle and high school students on orchestral stringed instruments.  Please contact by emailStringProject@asu.edu for more information. (Source: ASU Foundation)