Elsie (Weerts) Rasmussen |
| Posted 2015-06-30 by Gayle Nelson |
| Elsie Marie Rasmussen, 91, of Waterbury passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Martinsburg, NE, with the Rev. Klaus Raab officiating. Burial will be in Eastview Cemetery, rural Allen, NE. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday, with the family present at 5:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Mohr Funeral Home in South Sioux city. Elsie was born on November 26, 1923, in Meadow Grove, NE, the daughter of Franz and Agnes (Feldman) Weerts. She was baptized at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Tilden, NE, on December 23, 1923. She moved with her parents and sisters to rural Bigelow, MN, at the age of three months. She was confirmed on June 5, 1938, at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Worthington, MN. She graduated from Bigelow High School in 1942 and N.W. Instituted of Medical Technology in Minneapolis in 1944. She was employed as a lab and x-ray technician in hospitals in Sturgeon Bay, WI and Sioux City Methodist Hospital prior to her marriage. Elsie married Clifford Rasmussen on August 29, 1948 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Worthington. She worked part-time jobs for the U.S. Census Bureau, at Atokad Park, the Dixon County Assessor's Office and as a seamstress at the Country Girl Bridal Shop. Elsie enjoyed spending her entire married life on the farm in rural Waterbury. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the LWML in Martinsburg. Elsie especially enjoyed baking, gardening and entertaining her family. Survivors include her husband, Cliff of Waterbury; son, Wayne and his wife, Louise of Omaha; daughter, Linda and her husband, Ron Reiser of Grand Island, NE; five grandchildren, Matthew (Amanda) Reiser, Chad (Jenny) Rasmussen, Amy (Tim) O'Neill, Eric (Danielle) Rasmussen and Sara (Michael) Breetzke; 11 great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Sylvia Weerts. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, Franz and Agnes Weerts; sisters, Irene (Willis) Nevill and Wilma (Walden) Lulow; brother, Alvin Weerts; and brother-in-law, Irvin (Irene) Rasmussen. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family for designation at a later date. |