Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rasmussen, Nels 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 28, 2014, 10:39 pm Belding Banner-News, 6 May 1948 Nels Rasmussen died Saturday forenoon at his home at 815 Pearl street, as the result of a heart attack. He had mowed his lawn that morning and was assisting with the household tasks when stricken. He was born in Montcalm county November 19, 1874, the son of Andrew J. and Mary Rasmussen, and had been a farmer in that county all his life until he retired four years ago and bought the home here. Mr. Rasmussen was a member of the South Sidney Lutheran church, where he was the first young person to be confirmed in the new church. He was married in 1901 to Mary Petersen of Gowen. Survivors are Mrs. Rasmussen; one son, Orval, of Grand Rapids; one sister, Mrs. Tina Skroder, of Greenville and two brothers, Peter of Greenville and Frank of RFD 3. A prayer service was held at the home at 1:30 Tuesday and the funeral service, in charge of Fitzjohn Funeral Home, was held at South Sidney church at 2:30, Rev. C.A. Stub officiating and burial was in South Sidney cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/rasmusse27918nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb