She was the daughter of Clifton and Ethel Walling, growing up in Crestwood, NY with her sister Shirley W. Mayhew. A graduate of Franklin College in Indiana, Marian was a beloved elementary and middle school teacher in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio until her retirement in 1981. She and her husband, Don Mohr, then decided to go fishin’ for their retirement, moving to their West Tisbury home where’d they’d stay for 26 years. Both Marian and Don served on the Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby from 1984-91, and were fixtures on the Chappaquiddick beaches until they moved to Roswell, GA in 2010.
Marian is survived by her son, Steve Fletcher and daughter-in-law Janice Fletcher of Laguna Niguel, CA and West Tisbury, daughter Linda Leland and son-in-law Peter Leland of Marietta, Georgia, step-son Terry Mohr and his wife Coleen Mohr of Hamilton, Ohio, grand-sons Eric Leland, Adam Leland and wife Stephanie, and two great-grandchildren, Max Leland and Evan Leland.
A private family gathering will be held this fall on Martha’s Vineyard.
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