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Robert Rasmussen

Graveside Services were held 2:00 P.M. Friday at the Hampton Cemetery. Interment was held in the Hampton Cemetery.

OBITUARY: Robert Rasmussen

Robert A. Rasmussen, 80 of Boise, Idaho, died Sunday, July 11, 1993 in a Boise Nursing Home of natural causes.

Mr. Rasmussen was born on June 25, 1913 in Hampton, Nebraska, a son of Chris and Marie Johnson Rasmussen. He was raised and educated in the Nebraska area. He married Hazel F. Anderson on October 31, 1934 at Grand Island, Nebraska.

In 1936, they moved to Maywood, California where they made their home until 1976, at which time they moved to Boise where they have since resided. Mr. Rasmussen enjoyed hunting, fishing, and was an avid musician.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Rasmussen of Boise, ID; a daughter and her husband, Phyllis and Lenny Kolpacke of Dearborn, Michigan; a granddaughter, Chris Rafdal; and one great granddaughter. He is also survived by two brothers and their wives, John and Mable Rasmussen, and Floyd and Vivian Rasmussen, all of Lincoln, Nebraska; and several cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Chris and Marie Rasmussen; two brothers, and one sister.