Mary Jane (MJ) Abeling, 94, passed away on July 13, 2023. She was born on June 8, 1929 to Wilma and Clarence Blough in Temple City CA. She was the youngest of three sisters.

MJ joined Consumers Pipe in 1975 in the Accounting, HR & Payroll. She became President in 1985-95 and Chairman 1995-2008 when she passed the torch to her Sons Mike & Tony.

After high school Mary Jane studied at UC Berkeley, and later met William Abeling. The two wed in the summer of 1950 and settled in West Covina. They had their first child, Gail, followed by Tony and Michael. The three children went on to start families of their own, giving Mary Jane the title of Grandmother to ten, and decades later, she’d be known as Great-grandmother to four.

From the Opera House in Sydney, to the Panama Canal and the Egyptian pyramids, Mary Jane loved traveling the world with her husband Bill. Most of their time away from home — time away from their successful business, Consumers Pipe, and Dodger games — was spent in the Eastern Sierras and Hawaii. Bill passed shortly after their 60th wedding anniversary.

The life of Mary Jane Abeling will be celebrated at Rose Hills on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 from 11am — 12pm at the Hillside Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to:

Schwab Charitable

1958 Summit Park Dr., Suite 200

Orlando, FL 32810

Please make checks payable to Schwab Charitable. Include the account number 1863-5715, Abeling Chartable Fund in the memo field of the check. All donations will be forwarded to her favorite charities.