Marian Nelson Keasey Graham Tritsch
Marian Nelson Keasey Graham Tritsch, 87, of Butler passed away Monday at her home.
She was born June 26, 1930, in Butler, to the late Dewitt Stoops Nelson and the late Ethel Mary Brislin Nelson.
Marian worked as a tipstaff for the 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 Eastern 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, Judy Scanlon and her husband, Paul, of Butler, Patricia Neill and her husband, Edward, of Herman, Virginia Millerschoen and her husband, Eric, of Bridgeville, Pa., Elizabeth Bello of Olean, N.Y., and Anna Kittle and her husband, Cliff, of Woodstock, Ill.; one son, John Graham of Butler; 14 grandchildren; 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 J. Tritsch; two granddaughters, Serena Michelle Bello and Gillian Blair Scanlon; three brothers, William Nelson, Ray Nelson and James Nelson; and one sister, Gladys Andres.
TRITSCH — Friends of Marian Nelson Keasey Graham Tritsch, who died Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, 124 E. North St., Butler.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Butler, with Pastor Joel A. Benson officiating. Burial will take place at 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.
