RASMUSSEN, Evelyn H. (Foss) 1917-2007

RASMUSSEN, FOSS

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 10/24/2007 at 12:00:58

St. Ansgar, Iowa -- Evelyn Rasmussen, age 90, of St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa, died on Friday, October 19, 2007 at North Iowa Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at the First Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar. Burial was in Woodbury Cemetery, rural Lyle, Minnesota.

Evelyn H. Rasmussen was born July 2, 1917 in London Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Helmer and Carrie Foss. She was baptized and confirmed at Deer Creek Valley Lutheran Church, rural Glenville, Minnesota of which she was a member until 1987 when she joined First Lutheran of St. Ansgar.

She married John H. Rasmussen on December 31, 1935 at Albert Lea, Minnesota. To this union a daughter, Ramona, was born. Together they farmed in the Lyle and London area -- retiring to St. Ansgar in 1975. Her husband, John, passed away October 20, 1999.

She is survived by her daughter, Ramona (Craig) Patterson of St. Ansgar, by two granddaughters, Julie (Christian) Paulson, of Ankeny, Iowa, and Kimberly (Kent) Karschnik of Mountain Lake, Minnesota; and by six great-grandchildren: Autumn, Bryce, Adam, Alex, Ashley, and Andre.

She was preceded in death by her parents, by her husband John, by an infant grandson, Douglas, by two sisters, Mildred Hartley and Hazel Sola, and by a brother, Melder Foss.

The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home of St. Ansgar was in charge of arrangements. (641)713-4920.