website watertownhistory.org
ebook History of Watertown, Wisconsin
Teresa Klecker McConville
1932 - 2017
Funeral services for
Teresa Klecker McConville,
84, 1020 Hill St., who died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Watertown Regional
Medical Center, will be held Thursday at St. Henry Catholic Church.
Visitation will
begin at 10 a.m., with the Mass beginning at 11 a.m. Burial
will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may also call at the Hafemeister Funeral Home on Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m.,
with rosary at 7:30 p.m. Hafemeister Funeral Home and
Cremation Service of Watertown is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at
www.hafemeisterfh.com.
Teresa was born July
28, 1932, in Watertown, daughter of Edward and Celia (Pitterle)
Klecker. She
was a 1950 graduate of Watertown High School, lettering in music. On Aug. 28, 1954, she married Joseph McConville at St. Henry Catholic Church.
Teresa was a
lifelong liturgical musician. She began
piano lessons at an early age and used those skills to accompany the choir at
St. Henry’s starting at age 16. She
furthered her studies on the organ at Alverno College
in Milwaukee in her late teens. She also
played at St. Patrick’s in Thompson and St. John the Baptist, Clyman/Tri-Parish
Catholic Churches of Dodge County. Her
playing career spanned 59 years, including playing for many weddings, funerals
and special Masses for numerous bishops, including the now Cardinal Dolan of
New York. On her 75th birthday, both the
Milwaukee and Madison Archdioceses honored her for her many years of dedicated
service.
In addition to her
music career, Teresa also worked as a bookkeeper for much of her life. She began at her father’s Oliver implement
dealership, followed by work at Dairy Equipment in Hartford after her marriage.
In 1959, she moved to a farm in the town
of Emmet with her husband and young daughter; they raised their family there. After taking a break, she resumed her career,
bookkeeping at various businesses in the Watertown area.
Teresa also enjoyed
playing cards with friends and family. Most
Friday and Saturday nights found her and her husband hosting her sisters and
brothers-in-law or close friends playing sheepshead. After her husband passed in 1987, she enjoyed
playing 500 with other good friends during the day, as well as teaching her
grandsons to play cribbage. She also
enjoyed watching live sports on television, including Packers and UW football;
Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball; Wimbledon tennis; and
NASCAR auto racing.
She is survived by
three daughters, Maureen (Manny) Moreno of Watertown, Joan of Sandusky, Ohio,
and Rita of Hoffman Estates, Illinois; one son, John (Shirley) of Watertown;
five grandsons, Manuel, Anthony and Patrick Moreno of Watertown, Andrew McConville of Muskego and Joel McConville
of Madison; one granddaughter, Nicole McConville of
Watertown; one sister-in-law, Phyllis Klecker of
Watertown; and nieces, nephews and other relatives.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; her husband, Joseph; her four sisters, Rosemarie,
Loretta, Margaret and Dorothy; and four brothers, Harold, Lawrence, Cyril and
Leon. She was the last surviving member
of her immediate family.
The family wishes to
thank the wonderful nursing staff at Marquardt Memorial Manor for their love
and kindness toward our mother in the past year and a half, as well as Dr.
Roman and the staff at Watertown Regional Medical Center for their
compassionate care to us and our mother in her final hours.
Hafemeister
Funeral Home and Cremation Service
611 E. Main St. Watertown
History of Watertown, Wisconsin