Patsy Marlene Busker, 69, Clinton, died Friday, May 31, 2013, at her home. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 5, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM; funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, June 6, at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton. Interment will follow in Clinton Memory Gardens Cemetery, Clinton. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions can be made to Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation 10810 E. 45th Street, Suite 300, Tulsa, OK 74146 or online at https://www.crhcf.org.

Patsy was born in Green Ridge, MO, to the late Porter and Phoebe Meads on September 14, 1943; and was the youngest of five children. Patsy grew up in Windsor, MO, and married Gene Busker on January 21, 1959. Together they had four children, Susan, Karen, Brenda, and David.

Patsy attended Grace Community Church in Windsor, MO, was a homemaker, and she and Gene owned Pat's Lawn and Garden in Clinton, MO for 27 years. Patsy enjoyed floral design, puzzles, reading, and fishing. Her passion was her family, and she concerned herself with their well-being.

Patsy was preceded in death by a daughter, Brenda Gay Busker, her parents, brother Alden Meads, and sister Pauline Goucher.

She is survived by her husband, Gene Busker, daughters Susan (Steve) McKim and Karen (Dries) Van Wyk, son David (Amy) Busker, grandchildren Amanda (Jeff) Sargent, Amy (Kyle) Richcreek, Andrew Moser, Daniel (Casey) Van Wyk, Matthew Ackerman, Eva, Paige and Arden Busker, and great-grandchildren Abbigail and Elijah Sargent, Andrea Van Wyk, Atticus Ackerman, and Skylar and Rosalie Van Wyk, as well as brother Edward C. "Buzz" (Chris) Meads and sister Mary Andersen.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.