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Show Early Pioneer Passes Away Last Monday Peter PJasmussen, 87, one of the oldest residents of Mt. Pleasant, died at the faimily home at an early .luaur Monday of irifirmities of age. Mr. Rasm,ussen was born in Aar-ttius, Aar-ttius, Denmark, August 30, 1851, a son oi Mikkel and Ingeborg Soren-sen Soren-sen Rasmuusen. After conversion to one L. D. S. faith, the family came to Utah in 1859. Mr. Ras-j.ussen Ras-j.ussen Raided the entire distance across the plains with an ox-train company. They were among the earliest settlers of Mt. Pleasant and also were culled to help colonize southern Utah. They lived in Cir-cieville Cir-cieville only a short time until Indian depredations forced them to return to Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Ras-mussen Ras-mussen was a car-renter and builder build-er and- also ownetf d oferat ed a ji-rge farm in Caester. ' ' In i.is early life he also worked on the railroads and was present wne.i the golden spike ceremonies it Promontory marked the completion comple-tion of the transcontinental rail-i rail-i jid During his residence in Chester he served three terms on ne school board. He was a memt-jer memt-jer of the Mt. Pleasant Pioneer iiistoridal association. He married Kate Jost Candland of Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 10, 1876. She died December 18, 1916. in 1919 he married Mrs. Hulda O-iates, and, after her death, marled mar-led Mrs.. Addie .Mower Clark in Ootober, 1927. urvi-ing are his widow, four oons and a daughter, W. S. Ras-iriissen Ras-iriissen of Salt Lake City, Andy itasmussen cf Chester, Arthur F. Rasmussen of Mt. Pleasant, Howard Raam.ussen of Bountiful and Mrs. Kate R. Barlow of Echo; twenty-eight twenty-eight grandchildren and eight jKi. t-.grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted con-ducted at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday in' Mt. Pleasant L. D. S. North ward chapel. Interment was in Mount Pie-isant city cemetery, directed by Jacobs mortuary. |