Family History

 
 

Mary Ellen Ward

27 October 1923 to 1 August 2006

Parents:

Orville Welton Ward (1887-1977)

Nancy Lerona Durfee (1890-1972)

Siblings:

Hazel Dawn Ward (1913-1988)

Edris Rae Ward (1916-2002)

Edith Fae Ward (1916-2010)

Orville Welton Ward, Jr. (1922-1989)

Thern Henry Ward (1925-2007)

Clark William Ward (1933-1975)

Spouse: 23 Feb 1945

Ralph Waldo Rasmussen (1917-2004)

Children:

Ralph Waldo Rasmussen, Jr. (1946-)

Gregory Scott Rasmussen (1948-)

Nancy Ellen Rasmussen (1950-)

Edward Russell Rasmussen (1956-)

Ward Bruce Rasmussen (1959-)

Mary Jane Rasmussen (1963-)

Foster Child:

Sheila White Mountain (1963-)

Ralph & Mary Ellen wedding photo; 1945

This family photo circa 1950 shows Mary Ellen, Orville Jr., Gramp, Nana, Clark, Edris, Edith, Thern & Hazel

Family photo taken at Ralph & Mary Ellen’s 50th wedding anniversary 1995; standing L-R: Ward, Ralph, Jr., Allan Pratt, Ralph, Mark Helms, Greg, & Ed; seated L-R: Janet Shawcroft, Jamie Jesperson, Nancy Ellen, Mary Ellen, Mary Jane, Vicki Cole, Carolyn Shawcroft

Click to play Mary Ellen’s Life Story narrated by her daughter, Nancy Ellen

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Mary Ellen and Ralph are buried in the Elba, Idaho cemetery.  Click to view Mary Ellen's Funeral Program.pdf

Mary Ellen perform’s “Egg in my Pocket” at the 1999 Rasmussen reunion

Granddaughter Megan Goo captures Mary Ellen on the water slide with her children