Marian Grieser

Marian L. Grieser, 101, of Conneaut Lake, PA, passed away Sunday August 17, 2025. She was born in Harmonsburg, PA on August 29, 1923, the daughter of Clarence J. and Hazel (Roberts) Walker.

She attended Harmonsburg High School until her Junior year. Marian married William E. Kesler on August 13, 1947. He passed away on November 3, 1997, after they had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary that August. She then married Wayne Grieser on November 18, 2000. He died in the summer of 2010.

Marian worked many years, in the summers, at Conneaut Lake Park as Head Housekeeper for the Elmwood Hotel and Hotel Conneaut. Before macular degeneration caused her to be legally blind she enjoyed sewing at home and then quilting at High Street Community Church. When her first husband, Bill, was alive, they enjoyed having a large vegetable garden. Marian and both her husbands traveled to Florida in the winter months. She was a longtime member of High Street Community Church now known as Lighthouse Community Church. She then attended the Presbyterian Church of Conneaut Lake for over a year. Marian was a member of Eastern Star Golden Crown #44.

She is survived by her niece, Susan Kesler of Conneaut Lake and great-nephew, Scott Kesler, of Erie, PA; nephews: Jack Plyler, of Geneva, OH, Marvin Kyle of Conneaut Lake, Doug Walker of Linesville, Lewis Walker and his wife, Cathy, of Conneaut Lake and Frank Walker of Conneaut Lake; nieces: Debbie Moersch and her husband, Matthew, of Conneaut Lake, Diane Boyd and her husband, Jerry, of Conneaut Lake, Cathy Griggs and her husband, Daniel, of Jamestown and Tracy Carless of Conneaut Lake. She is also survived by her step-daughter, Ellen Grieser. Marian also had a very special friend, Bunnie Duncan, who called her every day.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Clarence (Sonny) Walker, Jr.; her sister, Maxine Kyle and an infant sister.

A huge thank you to Delores Hutchins and Teresa Machleit for the special private care they gave her for the past year and to Home Instead and Hospice for their care in her final months.

Viewing hours will be Wednesday, August 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Dickson Funeral Home, 130 N. 2nd St., Conneaut Lake, PA. The funeral will immediately follow at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor William Rogers officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Harmonsburg, PA.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Dickson Funeral Home and Crematory, 130 N. 2nd St., Conneaut Lake, PA 16316.