Newton
Madonna Klier age 82, of Newton, Illinois passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 at her home surrounded
by her family.
Funeral services celebrating Madonna’s life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the
First Baptist Church, Newton with Rev. Steve Willis officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m.
until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 24 and from 9:00 a.m. until time of service Thursday, August 25 in
the church. Burial will be in the West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Newton.
Madonna was born on December 16, 1939, at the family home near Bogota, Illinois the daughter of Dee
and Viola (Meyer) Johnson. On May 28, 1958, Madonna married Lawrence D. Klier. In addition to
being a wife and mother, Madonna was Lawrence’s number one farm hand for over twenty years. In later
years, she was a secretary at Newton Community High School until her retirement.
Madonna was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family
and especially loved being a grandmother and great-grandmother. Madonna and Lawrence followed the
activities of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and were always their biggest fans.
Madonna enjoyed bowling; belonging to the Tuesday Ladies League. She and Lawrence enjoyed gospel
music and attending the gospel quartet sings. No matter where she went, Madonna loved to visit with
people because she “never met a stranger.”
Madonna will be loved and remembered by her husband of sixty-four years Lawrence Klier of Newton;
children, Kent (Chris) Klier of Newton, Bruce (Denise) Klier of Neosho, MO and Gail Ann (Curt) Collins
of Newton; grandchildren, Kyle (Courtney) Klier of Newton, Mark Klier of Newton, Brooke (Adam)
Wolf of Newton, Jarrod (Jenna) Klier of O’Fallon, IL, Ryan (Whitney) Klier of Newton, Erica Klier
(Dustin West) of Nixa, MO, Dexter Klier of Neosho, MO and Payton Klier of Springfield, MO; Jordan
(Adria) Collins of Newton, Brandon (Kelsey) Collins of Newton and Morgan Collins of Newton; twenty-
three great grandchildren and a great grandchild coming in March; siblings Ruth Hutchison of Colorado
Springs, CO; Lois Strole of Newton, Delain (Wilma) Johnson of Urbana, Paul Johnson of Newton, Zana
(Kendall) Tarr of Newton and Cheryl (Bill) Dunn of Myrtle Beach, SC and brother-in-law Dwight (Debe)
Klier of Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
She was preceded in death by her parents, son Greg Klier, great-grandchild Nico West, siblings Donald
Johnson, Cloyce Johnson, Rita Pickens and father and mother-in-law Paul and Imogene Klier.
Memorial gifts in honor of Madonna may be made to either the Jasper County Cancer Support Fund or to
Waylon’s Warrior Project (First Baptist Church).
Online condolences may be offered at www.crainfuneral.com.
