Marian Nelson Keasey Graham Tritsch, 87, of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on August 7, 2017 at the her residence.
She was born June 26, 1930 in Butler, Pennsylvania to the late Dewitt Stoops Nelson and the late Ethel Mary Brislin Nelson.
Marian worked as a Tipstaff for Butler County Court System retiring in 2016. Mrs. Tritsch was a 1948 graduate of Butler High School. She was the 1950 Butler County Sesquicentennial Queen. Mrs. Tritsch was a member of the Order of the Easter Star having received her 50 year pin, a past President of Intermediate League, past President of the Elks Auxiliary, and past President of the Butler Lions Club Auxiliary.
Mrs. Tritsch is survived by her six daughters, Cheri Gallagher and her husband Greg of Butler, PA, Judy Scanlon and her husband Paul of Butler, PA, Patricia Neill and her husband Edward of Herman, PA, Virginia Millerschoen and her husband Eric of Bridgeville, PA, Elizabeth Bello of Olean, NY, and Anna Kittle and her husband Cliff of Woodstock, IL; one son, John Graham of Butler, PA; 14 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, George W. Keasey, Dr. John P. Graham, and Clyde James Tritsch; two grand-daughters, Serena Michelle Bello and Gillian Blair Scanlon; three brothers, William Nelson, Ray Nelson, James Nelson and one sister, Gladys Andres.
Friends will be received on Thursday, August 10, 2017 from 2 – 4 p.m. and 6 – 8 p.m. at Thompson – Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 11, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Dr. Butler, PA, with Pastor Joel A. Benson, officiating.
Burial will take place in the Saxonburg Memorial Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Camp Lutherlyn, 500 Lutherlyn Lane, Butler, PA 16001 or Hillman Cancer Research Center, In Memory of Marian Tritsch, 5115 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.
Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.