Madeline Brossart

Madeline Leona (Korty) Brossart, age 94, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. She was born October 9, 1925, to John Elmer and Florence (Weisbecker) Korty in Lafayette, IN. She was raised in Lafayette, IN. After high school at St. Francis, she graduated from Mother Cabrini Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. She then attended Northwestern University. While in Chicago she met her loving husband, Donald, whom she married in 1951. They later settled in Decatur. While raising her family, she pursued a lifelong career as a nurse including many years in surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital. Despite her workload, she never lost her grace and good spirit. While in Decatur, she was a Cub Scout den mother, a member of the St. James Catholic School PTA, and sang with the Millikin University Choir. She was active in Theatre 7 using her talents in sewing, prop making and singing. She often volunteered at Camp Ondessonk, where the family has been involved for two generations. Anyone who knew Madeline knew she worked tirelessly to make holidays, birthdays and vacations exceptional. She went the extra mile to bake cookies, have presents to unwrap and cheer you on at all of your events. Madeline remained close to her siblings and their families, sharing many adventurous road trips with her sisters that left everyone with life-long memories of joy and laughter. After retirement Madeline and Donald relocated to Carbondale. During her time there, she was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and participated in the Heritage Club, Woman’s Club and volunteered at Unity Point School. In her final years, she lived at Prairie Living at Chautauqua, where she was loved by staff and residents alike, and was involved in many activities, including their award-winning trivia team. Madeline was a loving and adored wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister-in-law and aunt to many nieces and nephews. She was generous, gracious, kind and compassionate and she always thought of others first. She had a love of reading; you would often find her curled with a book or a crossword puzzle. She will always be remembered fondly in the hearts of her family and friends. Madeline is survived by her children, David (Connie Kiewel) Brossart, Geralyn (Steven) Rabinowitz and Julia (Robert) Mussell; grandchildren, Jacob Mussell, Joshua Mussell and Jace Brossart; daughter-in-law Marjorie Malkin and her family Daniel (Oralia) Klotz and their children, Christopher, Jacob and Daniel; sister Dorothy (Cletus) Heimann; brother William Korty; sisters-in-law Naomi (Dewey) Bergman, and Carol Korty; other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sons Robert Alan and Timothy Joseph Brossart; sisters Rose Smith and Virginia Ciota and brothers Richard, Bernard and Charles Korty. Entombment will be private in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum. A Celebration of Life and Mass will be at Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home and will be scheduled at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in Madeline’s memory to Camp Ondessonk, 3760 Ondessonk Rd., Ozark, IL 62972.

Madeline Brossart

October 9, 1925 - April 2, 2020