Clarissa Wheeler Rasmussen, daughter of Rev. Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler, was born December 3, 1883, in Nortonville, Kansas. She died May 1, 1976 in Valentine, Nebraska.
Clarissa was graduated from Milton Academy and Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, before becoming a high school teacher in Bridgeton, New Jersey, Georgetown and Idaho Springs, Colorado.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Boulder, Colorado, of which her father was founding pastor.
In 1920 Clarissa was married to Orville S. Rasmussen and they made their home in Boulder until his death in 1956. Their only son, Dr. Stanley Rasmussen, was a dedicated Seventh Day Baptist who had a brilliant career as a nuclear scientist. He died in 1963.
Clarissa dedicated much time, talent and energy over the years to the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She served as president of the Boulder chapter and then, from 1959 to 1970, was president of the Colorado State Division and editor of the state publication, The Messenger.
The last member of the Rev. Samuel R. Wheeler family, she is survived by a grandson, John Rasmussen, of Ainsworth, Nebraska; and two granddaughters, Martha and Carol Rasmussen of Boulder, Colorado. She also leaves a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Elmo Fitz Randolph in Boulder on May 6 with interment in the Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder. E. F. R.
("The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 198, No 7, p 32, July, 1976.
Obituary found on www.MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton, by Jon Saunders).
Clarissa Wheeler Rasmussen, daughter of Rev. Samuel R. and Sophia Wheeler, was born December 3, 1883, in Nortonville, Kansas. She died May 1, 1976 in Valentine, Nebraska.
Clarissa was graduated from Milton Academy and Milton College, Milton, Wisconsin, before becoming a high school teacher in Bridgeton, New Jersey, Georgetown and Idaho Springs, Colorado.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Boulder, Colorado, of which her father was founding pastor.
In 1920 Clarissa was married to Orville S. Rasmussen and they made their home in Boulder until his death in 1956. Their only son, Dr. Stanley Rasmussen, was a dedicated Seventh Day Baptist who had a brilliant career as a nuclear scientist. He died in 1963.
Clarissa dedicated much time, talent and energy over the years to the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She served as president of the Boulder chapter and then, from 1959 to 1970, was president of the Colorado State Division and editor of the state publication, The Messenger.
The last member of the Rev. Samuel R. Wheeler family, she is survived by a grandson, John Rasmussen, of Ainsworth, Nebraska; and two granddaughters, Martha and Carol Rasmussen of Boulder, Colorado. She also leaves a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were conducted by Pastor Elmo Fitz Randolph in Boulder on May 6 with interment in the Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder. E. F. R.
("The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 198, No 7, p 32, July, 1976.
Obituary found on www.MyFamily.com: They Came From Milton, by Jon Saunders).
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