Mary Ann Rasmussen

Mary Ann Rasmussen, age 88, died September 5, 2010. Born in a log cabin in Stone Lake, Wisconsin June 2, 1922. She married Nathanial Rasmussen April 26th, 1943.   Mary Ann   carried a great love for nature and God. She raised eight children with care and devotion, and had a creative passion that found expression in many forms: from hooked rug hangings transformed from yarn scraps from numerous knitted sweaters to barn wood paintings.   She enjoyed going to auctions, refinishing furniture, chair caning and oil painting.   She penned several chapbooks of poetry and spent seven years writing her memoirs. She prepared elegant dinners for armies of family and friends. There was always room   at Mary Ann's table.   She is preceded in death by her husband, Nathanial, and three brothers and sisters. She is survived by children Susan (Sam) Goodman, Chevy Chase, Md; Steve, Madison; Peg (Walt) Schroeder, DeForest; Eric (Nanette), Madison; Christine (Bob) Gunderson, Beloit; Karen (Scott) Weier, Prairie du Chien; Paul (Kare), Oconomowoc; and Clare (Dick) Radtke, Madison, also 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren and counting.
 
                                                 Stars in inky sky
                                                Shine into eternity 
                                             Lost beyond light years  

Special thanks to Dr. Ansfield & staff, All Saints Asst. Living, Hospice and Sr. Marge. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Our Lady Queen of Peace, 401 S. Owen Dr. at 11:30 on Thursday, September 9th with Father Tom Marr presiding. Burial at Resurrection Cemetery following the Mass. Visitation at the church 9:30 until time of service.   In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dodgeville School Dist. Rasmussen Scholarship Fund, 400 N. Johnson St. Dodgeville, 53533.