Hazel Marie (Whitver) Rasmussen passed away on Saturday May 30, 2009 at the Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at the Central Christian Church in Jefferson on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be at the Slininger Rossow Funeral Home after 11:00 a.m. with the family present from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday June 1, 2009. Interment is at the Jefferson Cemetery following the memorial service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Central Christian Church of Jefferson.

Hazel was born in Bristol Township January 18, 1920, daughter of Roy and Edith Whitver. She was the ninth child in a family of nine boys and three girls. She attended grade school at a country school in Bristol Township, and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1937. She graduated from the St. Anthony School of Nursing in Carroll, Iowa in 1942 as a registered nurse. She worked in the Carroll office of Dr. Anneberg before returning to Jefferson to care for her mother and work at the Greene County Hospital.

Hazel married James H. Rasmussen on January 7, 1950. They farmed in Bristol Township, Greene County. This union of 59 years had three sons: Joe (Martha) of Solon, David (JoAnn) of Jefferson, and Mark (Susan) of Jefferson. She is survived by her husband, sons and daughters-in-law, six grandchildren: Lisa Ott and her husband Justin of Nevada, Dan, Kate, Sarah, Chris, and Alex of Jefferson. She is also survived by her brothers Don (Iola) of Boone, Bob of Jefferson, Loren (Mona) of West Union, and many nieces, nephews and friends.