Madelyn Bussinger

Madelyn Mary Bussinger, of O’Fallon, Missouri passed away on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at the age of 101. Wife of the late Louis Bussinger, she was the mother of Janet (Kenneth) Gremminger, Mary Lou (Dave) Johnson, Judith (Chuck) Hollandsworth, and Patricia (Lewis) Swinger, grandmother to Matthew (Dana) Gremminger, Laura (Gerry) Hussey, Theresa (Hollandsworth) Walker, Cindy (Roger) Powers, Julie (Jon) Jackman, Ron (Barb) Hollandsworth,

LeAnn (Steve) Cross, LaDeana (Mike) Vaughan, Mark Hollandsworth, Karen Johnson, Melanie Landsbaum, Nathan (Sharon) Landsbaum, and Brad (Amanda) Landsbaum. She was also great-grandmother to twenty-one and great-great-grandmother to ten.

Madelyn was born in Marble Rock, Iowa on February 19, 1920 to Vern and Mabel Stroud. In 1942, she moved from Blue Earth, Minnesota to O’Fallon with her husband and two young children. They raised four daughters while actively serving their community. Madelyn was a long-time member of the Williams Memorial United Methodist Church, now Cornerstone United Methodist Church. When the O’Fallon branch of the St. Charles County Library opened in 1964, she became its first librarian, holding that position until her retirement as branch manager in 1985.  She is preceded in death by her husband Louis, her daughter Janet Gremminger, granddaughter Melanie Landsbaum, sons-in-law Dave Johnson, Kenneth Gremminger, and Chuck Hollandsworth, sister Betty Carpenter, and brothers Dean Stroud, and Harland Stroud.

She was loved by many family members and friends and will be missed by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, donations made be made in her honor to VFW Post 5077 or the St. Charles County Library Foundation.

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