Mary Jo Clark of Arpin, 53, was called to heaven after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer Dec. 12, 2018, at home under the care of her loving family and friends.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, at Zion Methodist Church, 2106 N. Peach St. in Marshfield. Visitation will be at Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home, 1010 E. Veterans Pkwy. in Marshfield from 3 until 7 p.m. and again one hour prior to service at the church on Monday. A Rosary service will be at the funeral home at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Burial will take place at Arpin Cemetery at 2 p.m. on Monday.
The daughter of Marcell and Janice Wieloch, she was born on Feb. 13, 1965, at St Mary’s Hospital in Wausau. She married Jon “Kevin” Clark on March 13, 1993, at First United Methodist church, Elkhorn.
After marrying, they lived in Elkhorn until 2001 and then purchased their home and moved to Arpin. Throughout her life, she dedicated her education and career to the field of nursing where she achieved recognition/levels of BSN, RN, and CNOR.
Mary enjoyed quilting, horseback riding, spending time with her horses and donkeys, sitting by the fire, traveling and spending time with family, especially her grandbabies.
She will be remembered for her strong spirit and generosity to others. In her generosity to others, she donated many of her homemade quilts to raffles, donated her Belgian horses to pull a wagon in parades for the local VFW, and volunteered at Shirley House of Hope. She was an inspirational support to others facing breast cancer, as well as other struggles in life. She was a dedicated member and trustee of Wesley United Methodist Church.
Mary was a great wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister and friend.
She is survived by Kevin, her husband of 25 years; daughter, Rachel (Patrick) Schmuhl; and her two precious grandchildren, Isabella and Cameron, Arpin; parents, Marcell and Janice Wieloch, Mosinee; two sisters, Ann (David) Blakesley, Texas, Barbara (Brian) Haase, Redgranite; two brothers, Paul (Rene) Wieloch, Evansville and Andy Wieloch, Delavan; nieces Cassandra, Amanda and Caitlyn; nephew, David (Jessica); along with many other relatives and friends. Special “sister from another mother” friend, Michelle (Kevin) Oxendorf; mother-in-law Ruth Clark, Elkhorn; sisters-in-law, Sue Clark, Elkhorn, and Kari Clark, Milwaukee; brother-in-law, Jim (Deb) Clark and various nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, James and Delphine Schantz and Maria and Joseph Wieloch; nephew, Matthew Winters, and father-in-law, Rulo Clark.
All charitable contributions in Mary Jo’s name will be donated to Shirley’s House of Hope and the Rebuilding fund for the Wesley United Methodist Church.
