Juanita Victoria Hejmej, age 98, of Glen Carbon, IL (formerly of Maryville, IL), born March 8, 1924 in East St. Louis, IL, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at Meridian Village Care Center in Glen Carbon, IL.

Juanita began working in her dad's small bakery in Madison, Illinois and went on to work at Switzer's Candy Company, the Nesco Company, Delmar Purse Factory, Tobey Color Card Company, Footwear Unlimited, and the Curtain Company in St. Louis, MO. She retired in 1971. She was a member of Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Maryville, IL. She loved to garden and raise vegetables, and she enjoyed taking care of the yard.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward R. Hejmej, whom she married October 1, 1955; her parents, Joseph and Frances ( nee Fronczak) Konieczny; nine siblings:  Stella, Helen, Mary, Clara, Walter, Joseph, Edward, Zigmund and Stanley; a niece, Diane Baker, a nephew, Leon Sellers, and a Godchild Mark Popovchak.

She is survived by nieces and nephews: Charles & John Venarsky, Fr. Stanley Konieczny, Michael Konieczny, Suzanne Watkins, Barbara Trester, Samuel Miller, Frank Sellers, Debbie Popovchak-Erickson, Robert Hejmej, and Christine Hughes.

Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022 at Barry Wilson Funeral Home in Maryville, IL.

Funeral services will immediately follow, beginning at 1:30 p.m., with Father Stanley Konieczny officiating. Burial will be in St. Adalbert Cemetery, Fairview Heights, IL.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois and will be accepted at the visitation or may be mailed to Barry Wilson Funeral Home.