INA RASMUSSEN

Being that Ina Was Aunt, I can't remember a time that she was not around working, helping. Sometimes we had to go with my father to work. I must have been 12, so mostly i think i played on the dirt piles! I remember salesman would come to the jobs, for material orders. The new one's would ask, " is that a woman up there on the scaffoldings?" My father would say, " yup & she can drive a nail faster than most men!" OfCourse, I thought nothing of it, since I was only 12 at the time. At 15, we were working full time summers with Ina, Thats when you found out how much physical Carpenter was at that Time. Ina did it all! Drive nails, saw wood. lay blocks bricks, pour concrete, shovel dirt, plaster holes. Pretty much anything a home would need. Ina could do it! And she knew how to have FUN. Will miss working you INA. Roger

I am a niece of Joyce Laurin and her "sister of the heart", Ina Rasmussen. I have to stretch my memory to when I was a very small child to remember a time when the two of them were not sidekicks. They often included my mother in their companionship, and looked out for her devotedly. Words cannot convey my gratitude and affection for Ina. She is as much family to me as any relation. Thank heaven for the family who raised this remarkable lady, and shared her with my own. I extend my deepest sympathy to all who will miss her dearly. Love to you, Ina. I will always keep you very close to my heart. T

Celebrating a life well lived whose memories will be cherished forever. In Loving Memory of our Aunt Ina. Love, Cindy Nowak, Penny Lancaster and Tim Schwartzkopf.<br><br>A Sympathy Gift of Single Tree has been Planted In Loving Memory of INA RASMUSSEN courtesy of Cindy, Penny and Tim .

I remember Aunt Ina when I went with my father, Elmer, to a house build and was greatly impressed seeing my aunt carry two bundles of shingles, one on each shoulder up a ladder to the roof of the house.  Ina always had a smile seeing her whenever Family got together at gatherings at the family homestead…Aunt Ina mirrored my Dad’s work ethic and then some ! They both are responsible for so many duplexes in Neenah…!