Marian R. Tescher; Electronics Inspector

Marian Ruth Tescher, a retired copy editor and electronics inspector, died Wednesday. She was 85.

She was born Feb. 26, 1914, to Rachel and George Dinger. The family moved to Eagle Rock when she was about 12 years old. She attended high school there and graduated from Eagle Rock High School.

In 1941, she married Charles Tescher and moved to Pasadena.

In Pasadena, she was a copy editor for the Independent newspaper. After leaving the newspaper business, Marion Tescher went to work for the Burroughs Corp., which was also in Pasadena, and became an electronics inspector in their computer department. She retired in 1979.

Tescher loved to be outside, according to her son Elwood.

“It was her great passion to collect rocks, exhibit them, and go out on treks through the desert,” he said, adding that she enjoyed driving to the desert with friends and did so until she turned 80.

She moved to Camarillo about five years ago, living first at the Mar Vista apartments and then at the Heritage House.

Tescher was preceded in death by her husband in 1950.

She is survived by her only child, Elwood of Newbury Park.

Tescher’s funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pierce Bros. Valley Oaks Chapel in Westlake Village. Father Stan Harris will officiate. Burial will follow at Valley Oaks Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Pierce Bros.