Elaine G. Rasmussen

Services for Elaine G. Rasmussen, 97, Norfolk, formerly of Plainview will be at 10:30AM Saturday, December 15th at Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview, NE. The Rev. Brian Bucklew will officiate and burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery under the direction of Ashburn Funeral Home.

Visitation will be one hour before the service at the Zion Lutheran Church in Plainview.

She died Wednesday, December 12 at Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, NE.

Elaine was born October 8, 1921 in Pierce County to Hugo and Hulda (Setzkorn) Retzlaff.  She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Pierce, NE.

On November 10, 1945 Elaine married Lloyd Rasmussen. They were blessed with three children. She was a homemaker and worked at Dale Electronics.

She thoroughly enjoyed her family.  She loved playing cards, games with all of us, and receiving emails and pictures from grandkids on her IPad.  She was a devoted Husker fan.

Elaine is survived by her children, Sandra Christiansen of Norfolk, NE.,  Peggy and Harlan Johnson of Ellisville, MO., and Keith and Carol Rasmussen of Pierce, NE.; 10 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild; 2 sisters, Margaret Rasmussen of Norfolk, NE. and Dolores Snider of Clearwater, NE.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lloyd, three sisters - Lorna, Arlene, and Ruth, a son-in-law Darrel Christiansen, and a grandson Bret Rasmussen.