Mary Jane
Klement
- Visitation
- Wednesday, July 1, 2026. from 10-11:15am at St. Mary Parish of Hales Corners (9520 W. Forest Home Ave.)
- Mass of Christian Burial
- Wednesday, July 1, 2026. starting at 11:30am at St. Mary Parish of Hales Corners (9520 W. Forest Home Ave.)
Mary Jane Klement
Mary Jane (nee Konkol) Klement, age 89, of Muskego, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2026. She was born on May 23, 1937 at Amherst, WI to the late Edward Sr. and Josephine (Wanta) Konkol. She grew up on a farm and was the fourth oldest of ten children. On September 12, 1959, Mary Jane married the love of her life, William (Bill) Klement, at St. Mary Mount Carmel Church at Amherst, WI, and together they raised five children. Bill preceded her in death on May 6, 2006.
Mary Jane worked for Velvac Inc. for twenty-five years, retiring in 2001. She enjoyed cooking and baking (her specialty was scrumptious pies), gardening, walking, hiking the Ice Age Trail, reading suspense novels, doing puzzles, listening to 50’s and 60’s music, dancing the polka and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Another of Mary Jane’s passions was sewing! She was an accomplished seamstress, creating or altering her daughter’s and relative’s holy communion dresses, wedding dresses and veils, bridesmaid and flower girl dresses, and patching the knees on countless pairs of her son’s pants. Two granddaughters now possess and cherish her well-used sewing machines.
Mary Jane was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Faith Community of Hales Corners and enjoyed volunteering for and going on day trips with Young at Heart. Loving the excitement of an adventure, Mary Jane had traveled to many states across the US and internationally to England and Italy. She especially enjoyed the annual northern Wisconsin summer vacation, cabin living, pot lucks and campfire marshmallow roasts at Idle Hour Resort on Pike Lake with her husband, children and extended family.
Mary Jane is survived by her children Kathy (Allan) Kehring, Karen (Steve) Marschner, Kelly (Jon) Filicetti, Mary (Tom) Rogers; nine grandchildren Lewis (Eve) Marschner, Allysa Kehring (Michael Stewart), Rebecca (Corban) McCammon, Brandon (Madeline) Kehring, Anna Filicetti, Rose Rogers, William Filicetti, James Filicetti, Glen (Paige) Rogers; and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings James Konkol, Edward (Celia) Konkol Jr., Irene Slowinski, Grace (Lawrence) Gibbs, George (Judy) Konkol, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mary Jane was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Bill and their sons Thomas and infant Joseph; her siblings, Maynard Konkol, Natalie Kaminski, Patricia Polum, Margaret Iwanski; sisters-in-law Arlene Konkol, Elizabeth Klement, Mary Ann Klement, Gertrude Klement, Anne Klement; brothers-in-law Jerome Iwanski, Emil Polum, Theodore Kaminski, John Klement, Francis Klement and Alvin Klement Sr.
A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary Parish of Hales Corners at 9520 W. Forest Home Ave., Hales Corners, WI on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Visitation will be held at the church from 10 a.m. until time of Mass at 11:30 a.m.
Interment will be at Southern Wisconsin Cemetery, Union Grove at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to the charity of your choice appreciated.
The family would like to thank Congregational Home and St. Camillus for their loving care of Mary Jane, and for everyone who visited with her and prayed for her.
Karen and Family. I never met yiur mother but I have heard yiu speak so highly of her and her love for her family. Please accept my deepest sympathy. Prayers for healing and peace.
Praying you feel God’s presence during this difficult time. That the sadness and loss turns into the warmth of a very special person and the memories that go along with being apart of her life.
God bless!🙏🏼
George Washburn
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Mom loved her son in laws always welcomed me with open arms big hug and a home baked pie. She knew how to share the love of Jesus in the sweetest ways to everyone she met I thank God for the opportunity to be her Son in law Gonna miss ya Mom K a lot!.
Mary Jane was never a typical mom — she was something far better. She did everything a mother does, but she carried a lightness with her, a joy that seemed to linger in the air long after she left a room. She smiled easily, laughed fully, and spoke with a matter‑of‑fact honesty that made you feel grounded and welcomed all at once.
I first met her, and the whole Klement family, back in high school through Tom. From the very beginning, they opened their home and their hearts to me. Through freshman year,, the Army, college, and all the years that followed, their home was a place where I was never just a guest — I was treated like family. Mary Jane had a gift for making people feel seen, included, and loved without ever needing to say the words out loud.
Her kindness, her humor, and her unwavering love for her children shaped everyone around her. She will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing her, and her spirit will continue to live on in the people she raised, the family she cherished, and the countless lives she touched.
May God bless Mary Jane as she reunites with Bill and their children who went before her. And may God bless her family and friends — who carry her strength, her joy, and her love within them always.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, dear cousins, as you mourn the loss of your beloved sister. Your loss is Heaven’s gain.