Kris Jenner’s Mom Mary Jo “MJ” Shannon Dead at 91

‍ ‌Not only is Kris Jenner a very well-known person herself, but there was, of course, her very own mom, who she said was absolutely amazing to her and loved her to bits and gave all the support possible. It was a deeply touching moment for Kris Jenner when she shared the news that she had had a funeral service for her mom, Mary Jo “MJ” Shannon, who the Kardashian & the Jenner families have considered very close relatives. Via a very sorrowful Facebook message, Kris Jenner gave her mom credit for her everlasting love, strength, and family-oriented love.

The nickname ‘MJ’ was one that everyone used to refer to her by, and it was not just that it was a nickname, but it also reflected that they had loved her so very much and held her in so high esteem. It really was quite incredible the way Mary Jo has done so much for the Kardashians; whether it was participating alongside a family that became very famous through the media, like the show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, or setting an example to her family in how they should live life for generations to come.

And so the family will fondly remember her as someone who was always full of love and kindness and who would never give up. It was really touching to watch Kris Jenner honor her mother with such love and ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌devotion.

Kris Jenner pays the most heartfelt tribute to his mother

On ‍her mom’s social media page, the 65-year-old reality TV star Kris Jenner broke the heartbreaking news that MJ, her mother, had gone to heaven. After a public mourning on social media, it was announced that the 91-year-old lady had passed away on July 16. Kris expressed through a post of a mom’s picture, “This is the one time I won’t have you around me. Your love for me was so much that one couldn’t actually grasp.” “The words I would use to express the emotions inside me are not there.” Our universe, the reason, your mother.

In fact, Mom MJ, through Mom MJ (the grandmothers and grandsons), taught the family how to care, how to love their family, how to be kind, how to support each other, how not to miss a moment, and several other beautiful values that we learned from. Above all, family as a basic thing is the most beautiful thing we can imagine.

Besides that, she has been a loving example to us of how to live a life of kindness and to celebrate the little things. Over the years, Mom MJ has also shown Mom how a mother should not give up when hard times come, and also that, regardless, one must stick to the faith. ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌

“Dear Mom, thank you for the selfless giving and all the lessons you passed on to us,” she concluded. “Thank you for being so caring, for every time you made me laugh, your smile was just as good as gold, … Your absence has torn our family apart, but we know now that your love will never die. It will never leave our families, our lives, or those beautiful moments that we will share.” MJ’s values became the main guiding source for many parts of Kris Jenner’s life, as the latter ‍‌recalled.

“When I look at my kids and grandkids, I can see your reflection in all of them forever,” she said. “There isn’t a part of me that doesn’t have your likeness in it. And if I have done anything right in this world, it’s because I have lived my life for you. All the good things that came to me and all the beautiful memories made me grateful to God for making you my Mother.”

Though ‍ ‌my heart is broken, I will always be grateful for the great childhood you provided me and the beautiful, blessed life you gave me. Mom, you mean a lot to me! I really cannot say it properly, you did so much, you have given us everything, and raised us so well.
She continued, ‘But when will God finally be able to sense that I’m grateful? I guess there’ll be a point when I’ll be so full of thanks that nothing else can do so.’ It is my mother for whom I’m the most grateful in life because after all, it is she who He created as my mother.’

Who Was The Mother Of Kris Jenner – Mary Jo “MJ” Shannon?

Mother of Bob Houghton, Mary Jo “MJ,” born Mary Jo Campbell, was born on July 26, 1934, in Arkansas. She had already been through a divorce before she married Bob, the father of ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌Kris. In fact, Bob was her second husband, with the pair tying the knot in 1954 after their high school romance. “When I got married the first time, and I just thought, ‘You know what, this isn’t really much fun,’ so I got out of it,” MJ once joked about her first marriage. “And you try to stay in it a month or so and try really hard, and you can’t do it, you think to yourself, ‘I don’t want to waste his time,’ either.”

“You know, and that’s how it was,” MJ added in a 2017 video with her daughter Kim. “I just didn’t like him much.” After giving birth to Kris Jenner in 1955, MJ and Bob divorced seven years later, with the latter passing away in 2003. Prior to remarrying Bob, she dated businessman Harry Shannon, who became a loving stepfather to Kris and her sister Karen Houghton.

Mary Jo “MJ” Shannon’s Lasting Impact on the Kardashian Family

At the time, MJ was a children’s clothing store owner in San Diego, where she remained employed until her dad, Robert, had a car accident in 2003. In other words, Kris explained, her dad, Harry, was in the hospital, and her mom didn’t want to open the store anymore, but Kris Jenner volunteered to take care of it. “I didn’t feel like I was a good business person,” she told Haute Living, “I was just there because I knew that my parents could use the support.” As a matter of fact, Harry died from a staph infection in the hospital, which, at the time, was “devastating” in Kris Jenner’s words. ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌

Kris, a member of the famous family said that having a business to commit her time and skills to became very important for her, that was when she and Kourtney decided to run a store for young children, she pointed out that they family agreed to the reality TV series “Keeping up with the Kardashians” to “do their stores a favor as well as to have a fun time through it.”
MJ made appearances in both “KUWTK” for 20 seasons from 2007 to 2021, and also participated in “The Kardashians,” which follows it.

However, her standout performance came in a 2022 episode of “The Kardashians” when Kim told the story of having sex with her then-boyfriend, Pete Davidson, next to a fireplace, “in honor” of MJ. Kim, who started the shapewear brand, SKIMS, said, “We were in the Beverly Hills Hotel, Pete and I, and after having dinner, chatting with each other for quite a while, we stayed up and talked until late,” about their night and added that “my grandmom told me one should be able to do what one wants to do the most if you have sex just in front of a fireplace.”

Kris Jenner Previously Opened Up About MJ’s Declining Health

Kris Jenner, while talking about the health of MJ during 2025’s show of “The Kardashians,” said that Karen’s mom was getting really depressed since last year when she lost. She died at the age of 65, recalled Kris. “It’s so sad to see how the loss left her really frail,” said Kris, after she opened up in tears during a fireplace-warm conversation in her own ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌house.

“Her grief just deepens, and her tears are not dried until the day the sun rises.” “She is suffering quite a bit, which makes her hardly able to walk,” said the 13-grandchild great-grandmother of MJ, who continued her lament by saying that “I just wish my eyes could hide my sorrow, for what is being shared is very upsetting to me, and I hate to see that she is the reason for it.”In fact, MJ had begun a physical therapy program, stated Kris. “It feels so unfair,” cried the family patriarch, “I simply can’t stand seeing such ‍ ‌‍ ‍‌suffering.”