Longtime Bakery Employee 'Miss Olga' Is Dead At 90
Times Picayune  08-13-1996

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Olga Moecklin Dussor, a longtime employee of the Swiss Confectionery Bakery on
St. Charles Avenue, died Monday at a granddaughter's home. She was 90.

Ms. Dussor worked at the bakery, which her family owned, for 66 years before
retiring. Although she stopped taking and sorting cake orders nine years ago,
people still call the bakery and ask for her.

"She handled three generations of brides ordering wedding cakes," said Olga
Dugas, Ms. Dussor's daughter. "She made each bride feel as though she was the
only bride she was serving. Dealing with the people, that was her forte."

Born in New Orleans, Ms. Dussor was known to customers as Miss Olga. She moved
to Chalmette after retiring.

"A lot of people call and ask if she's still working," said Rhonda Moecklin,
Dussor's great-niece, who works at the bakery. "She's like a part of history
here. At least once a week, somebody asks about her."

Moecklin said Ms. Dussor was known for being a hard worker. She missed work
only a handful of times in the years they worked together, she said.

"My daughter was born at 10 minutes of 7 on Monday, May 10," Ms. Dussor said
in a magazine article published in 1982. "And Sunday, May 9, Mother's Day, I
was loading a truck with Mother's Day cakes."

Besides her daughter, survivors include two grandchildren, four great-
grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held Wednesday at noon at St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home,
3710 Paris Road, Chalmette. Visitation will be today from 6 to 10 p.m. and
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.