Marion Karcher ... enjoyed knitting, board games; at 99

ROCHESTER - Marion T. Karcher of Rochester, NH, passed away on December 31, 2025, just 6 weeks shy of her 100th birthday. Born February 10, 1926 in Sanbornville, she was the daughter of Earl and Mabel (Weeks) Randall. Marion was a remarkable woman, who lived through almost a century of incredible changes in the world around her. From the Great Depression and World War II, several upgrades in modes of transportation, multiple worldwide pandemics, surviving polio and COVID-19, to say she was strong and resilient would be an understatement.

In her earlier years, Marion was a seamstress and a clerk at The Gift Nook in Rochester. She enjoyed knitting, puzzles, board games, birdwatching, and road trips to visit her late daughter, Cheryl Harmon, in Florida. Marion and her late husband, Charles E. Karcher, Sr., were snowbirds for several winters in Florida with Cheryl and her family. She lost her husband, Charlie, in April of 2016, three months before their 70th wedding anniversary. After his passing, she had the pleasure of living with her daughter, Cheryl, for some time, and then her son, Charles E. Karcher, Jr. and his wife Gail.

Along with her husband and daughter, Cheryl, Marion was also predeceased by her brothers, Richard, Fred, Raymond, and Frank Randall and her beloved son-in-law Arthur Nickless, Jr.

In recent years, Marion resided with her daughter, Jerry Nickless, granddaughter, Brianne St. Pierre and her husband Rene Jr., and their children Easton and Vaughn. In her late 90s, she was still enjoying life, joining them on family trips to Walt Disney World, driving crosscountry in an RV, seeing sights like the Grand Canyon, and boating on Lake Powell in Utah.

Marion is also survived by four grandsons, Eric and Audra Harmon, Christopher and Amy Harmon, Brandon and Wendy Karcher, and Ryan and Shannon Karcher; and six more great-grandchildren, Evan Harmon, Ashley and Caitlin Harmon, Bryce and Lucy Karcher, and Griffin Karcher. The matriarch of the family, Marion will be deeply missed by her family and all who knew her.