Groff Funeral Homes
1607 East Perkins Avenue
Sandusky, OH 44870
Phone: 419-626-3632
Fax: 419-626-2445
Email: info@grofffuneralhomes.com
Website: http://www.grofffuneralhomes.com
View All Obituaries from Groff Funeral Homes
Marilyn A. (Krieger) Grahl, age 83 of Sandusky, Ohio passed away October 23, 2013 at Providence Care Center after a lengthy illness.
Marilyn was born December 23, 1929 in Sandusky, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Roy A. and Lorene E. (Arnold) Krieger.
Marilyn was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and attended St. Mary's School. She was an honor roll student before having to quit school her last year when her father became disabled and unable to work. Marilyn was hired by Allstate Insurance, later becoming Hafner-Allsteter Insurance Agency where she worked for several years before retiring. She then worked for the Sandusky Diaper Service, and following that was employed as a bus aid on Singler bus for Betty Rinderle School.
Marilyn married her husband, William H. Grahl July 13, 1985 with Reverend Robert Reinhart uniting them at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sandusky.
Marilyn enjoyed doing puzzles, collecting recipes and trying out different recipes, camping trips to Frankenmuth, Mackinaw Island Michigan, Amish Country and reading mystery books by Mary Higgins Clark. She was a loving wife and close to both her sisters and their children. Marilyn was helpful to her husband and was liked by anybody who met her.
Including her parents, she is preceded in death by her two sisters, Rosemary Rapp and Jean Thompson; and by her cousins.
She is survived by her husband, William Grahl, nephews, Roy (Karen) Billman, Timothy Rapp, Robert (Lynda) Rapp, Paul (Jackie) Billman; niece, Theresa (Paul) Rodgers, and their children.
Friends may call on Monday October 28, 2013 from 4:00 - 7:00PM at Groff Funeral Homes and Crematory 1607 E. Perkins Ave, Sandusky. A prayer service will take place in the funeral home at 9:30AM on Tuesday morning October 29, 2013. A mass of Christian burial will follow at St. Mary's Catholic Church 429 Central Ave, Sandusky at 10:00AM with Father Joseph Steinbauer presiding. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky.
Those wishing to contribute in Marilyn's memory may do so Stein Hospice 1200 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, Ohio 44870, St. Mary's Catholic Church 429 Central Ave., Sandusky, Ohio 44870 or Back to the Wild 4504 Bardshar Rd., Castalia, Ohio 44824.
Online condolences may be made at www.grofffuneralhomes.com
