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Lylas Kathryn Gjetley Rasmussen

Birth	:	20 May 1920
Death	:	7 Jul 2004
Burial	:	Hesper Lutheran Cemetery, Hesper, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.4829250, -91.7673250
Description	:	Lylas Rasmussen was born in Winneshiek County on May 20, 1920 to Will and Stena (Vick) Gjetley. She was baptized and confirmed at the Decorah Lutheran Church. She graduated from the Decorah High School in 1938. After graduation she enrolled in the Madison Business College in Madison, Wis. From 1939 to 1950, she lived in several parts of the country, working as a secretary/office manager at Remington Rand, Inc. in Madison, Wis.; Signal Hill Oil Company in Long Beach, Calif., and holding various office posi-tions in Denver, Colorado, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Minnea-polis, Minn. She enjoyed travel-ing with her sister Edith Gjetley during... Read More	Lylas Rasmussen was born in Winneshiek County on May 20, 1920 to Will and Stena (Vick) Gjetley. She was baptized and confirmed at the Decorah Lutheran Church. She graduated from the Decorah High School in 1938. After graduation she enrolled in the Madison Business College in Madison, Wis. From 1939 to 1950, she lived in several parts of the country, working as a secretary/office manager at Remington Rand, Inc. in Madison, Wis.; Signal Hill Oil Company in Long Beach, Calif., and holding various office posi-tions in Denver, Colorado, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Minnea-polis, Minn. She enjoyed travel-ing with her sister Edith Gjetley during these years. October 22, 1950, she married Vernon Rasmussen at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Newton, Iowa. They lived on their farm near Hesper, raising seven children. Vernon Rasmussen passed away on February 20, 2001. Lylas Rasmussen was a member of the Hesper Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school, was active in church choir, WELCA, and church circle. She loved to travel and in 1983 she and her husband traveled with their children to Norway where they accompanied the Luren Singing Society on a tour of the country. She especially enjoyed time spent with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Lylas Rasmussen was an avid gardener. She particularly loved her roses, her English walnut trees, and her fruit trees. She enjoyed bird watching and especially liked bluebirds. Lylas Rasmussen was preceded in death by her husband Vernon; a daughter Joan Fay Whalen; her parents Will and Stena Gjetley and a sister, Ruth Dohm

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Latitude: 43.4829250
Longitude: -91.7673250

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Norman Vernon Rasmussen

(1923 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hesper Lutheran Cemetery
Hesper, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4829250, -91.7673250

2. Hesper Public Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4840000, -91.7710000

3. Hesper Pioneer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4610100, -91.7531000

4. Wilson-Smalley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4432000, -91.7996000

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6. Locust Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4211006, -91.7303009

7. Garness Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5444412, -91.8099976

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9. Burr Oak Cemetery
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12. Prosper Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5153008, -91.8675003

13. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

14. Newburg Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5686111, -91.8147202

15. Stoen Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4333042, -91.6584802

16. Big Canoe Lutheran Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4221992, -91.6686020

17. Olde English Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5751600, -91.7294900

18. Riceford Norwegian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5755005, -91.7298965

19. Big Canoe Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.4220000, -91.6600000

20. Springwater Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

21. Swenson Farm Cemetery
Highland Township, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.4916368, -91.6223674

22. Scheie Lutheran Cemetery
Mabel, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate: 43.5877040, -91.7894730

23. Trinity Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.5588740, -91.6497520

24. Scheie North Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.6016998, -91.7797012