RASMUSSON, Violet L. 1929 - 1995

RASMUSSON, SLATTUM, HOFF, ALLEN, ANDERSON, NICKERSON, TAPP, RADCLIFF, HEIMDAL

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/18/2017 at 13:16:24

Violet L. Rasmusson, 65, of Clear Lake, died Friday, June 23, 1995, at Oakwood Care Center, Clear Lake.

A memorial service will be held Friday, June 30, at Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, with Rev. Dean Hess, of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, officiating.

Violet donated her body to the University of Iowa to further medical science. No visitation will be held. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, at a later date.

Memorials may be given to the Violet Rasmusson Memorial Fund.

Violet was born Nov. 7, 1929, at Mason City, the daughter of George Hoff and Mabel (nee) Slattum Hoff. She attended Mason City schools, and was a graduate of Mason City High School.

Violet was an excellent cook. She worked at the Coffee Cup Cafe, Black and White Cafe, Schwann's Ice Cream Shop, and for several years she cooked at the former Buehler's Cafe, all of Mason City. Later she was a cook at the Country Kitchen in Mason City, retiring in 1982, for health reasons.

She enjoyed sewing, reading, completing crossword puzzles, and listening to KGLO radio. Violet was a member of the Moose, Mason City and PTA at the former Lincoln School, Mason City, having served as its president.

She is survived by four daughters, Penny Allen and her husband, James, Des Moines, Wendy Anderson and her husband, Ross, Oxford Mills, Ontario, Canada, Susan Nickerson and her husband, Allen, Clear Lake, Kimberly Tapp and her husband, Dave, Mason City; one son, Mark Rasmusson, Mason City; four grandchildren, Stacy Allen and his wife, Sheri, Shelly Radcliff and her husband, Brian, Andrew Nickerson, Katy Nickerson; one great-granddaughter, Samantha Radcliff; two brothers, Bernard Hoff, Belmond, Merlyn Heimdal, Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and one brother, Marion Hoff.