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Wilma Mae (Gee) Rasmussen |
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February 27, 1929 ~ April 27, 2017 |
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May 4, 2017 |
Wilma Mae (Gee) Rasmussen, 88), passed away on
April 27, 2017, at Life Care in Sandpoint,
Idaho.
Wilma was born on February 27, 1929, to Oliver
and Edna Gee in Covington, Kentucky. She
attended schools in the east.
She liked to travel so she began working at
Continental Trailways Bus Line. After marrying
Ray Rasmussen, she began a family of Susan,
Sharon and Ray Jr.
To compensate the income she worked at Hartland
Hospital in West Covina, California, as a
nightshift switchboard operator. Her next job
was spent at Ontario Airport in Upland,
California, as a key punch operator.
After the children were raised she worked at the
Mariposa Ranger Station then on to El Portal as
a finance officer for Yosemite National Park,
where she worked until age 68. She moved to
North Idaho in June, 1999.
She loved driving around the forest and hiked
Half Dome at least twice. She always had a
poodle with her and the last one is Holly, still
at home with Sharon. The most fun she had was
riding on Amtrak to visit Glacier Park and
Whitefish several times before she had her
latest stroke.
She is preceded in death by her husband ,Ray
Rasmussen, on May 27, 2016. They will both be
interred at Grandview Cemetery in Bonners Ferry.
Their grandchildren are Timothy and Tabitha Fox,
Chuck and Julie Cross, Raymond III and Brandon
Rasmussen, Great grandchildren are Bailey and
Blake Cross, Raymond IV and Riley Rasmussen, and
Dawson Schalk. |
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