In Loving Memory Ellen Rasmussen

Service SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2001, 1:30 PM FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MANNING, IOWA
Officiating REVEREND KRISTINE JANE JENSEN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AUDUBON, IOWA
Music “ON EAGLE’S WINGS” “THEY WILL STAND IN THE GATES OF THE CITY” PHYLLIS CAMPBELL, VOCALIST
CONNIE SIEPKER, ORGANIST
Interment NISHNABOTNA CEMETERY MANILLA, IOWA
Casketbearers: TODD FERRY, RANDY HANSEN, DOUG SCHROEDER, MIKE RASMUSSEN, JERRY RASMUSSEN, DENNY RASMUSSEN

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND DEED, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT MEMORIAL HALL IN MANILLA FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.
DRIVERS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION MUST TURN ON VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS, DRIVE IN A CLOSE FORMATION AND BE ALERT.

Ellen Jane, daughter of Fred and Florence (Sander) Jensen, was born March 29, 1927, near Manning, Iowa. She attended school in Manning, graduating with the Manning High School Class of 1945. Ellen then attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake where she received her teaching certificate. Ellen was a rural schoolteacher for two years.

On June 18, 1947, Ellen was united in marriage with Jack D. Rasmussen at the First Presbyterian Church in Manning. Three children were born to this union. The couple made their home in Manilla where Ellen was a housewife and Jack worked as a carpenter. Ellen also worked as the bookkeeper for Rasmussen Lumber Company for several years.

Ellen was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a past member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed playing bridge and was a skilled seamstress. Most important to Ellen were her family and friends.

Ellen was recently hospitalized at Manning Regional Healthcare Center in Manning, Iowa, due to failing health. She died there June 6, 2001, at the age of 74 years, 2 months and 8 days.

Besides her parents, sisters Arlene Sinow and Donna Hansen preceded Ellen in death.

Ellen is survived by her husband Jack Rasmussen of Manilla; three children: Keith Rasmussen and his wife Nina of Las Vegas, Nevada; Kay VanDenBerg of Iowa Falls; Kimberly and her husband Mark Reiff of Omaha, Nebraska; three grandchildren: Jill VanDenBerg and Adam and Ashley Reiff; a brother Glen Jensen and his wife Lenora of Manning; three sisters: Joyce and her husband Gerald Schroeder of Manning; Phyllis and her husband Richard Tow of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Janice and her husband Galen Ferry of Schleswig; and by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.