Lucille Marie Rasmussen

Lucille was born on October 14, 1924, in Cle Elum, Washington, to Karl Weber and Orlena Abraham Weber. One of two children, Lucille's first years were spent in Cle Elum where her father, Karl Weber, was the postmaster and a local baseball champion. In 1929, when Lucille was five, her father died and the small family moved to Napa, California, to live with Orlena's parents. In 1933, Orlena remarried and returned to Washington with Lucille and her brother, Jack. They lived for a time in Ellensburg, then in Kenmore and finally in Seattle. Lucille graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1942 and went to work in a local bank.

In 1946, Lucille met and married David Rasmussen, a skilled carpenter from Lodi, California. Their daughter Linda was born in 1947. In 1950, Lucille and Dave moved to California; they lived in Sacramento for 15 years, and then in Davis, where Dave worked for the University of California. In 1979, Dave retired and they returned to Washington, where Dave built a beautiful house on Whidbey Island, in Langley. In 1999, Lucille moved to an apartment in Edmonds, to Cristwood in 2004 and finally to the Crista Nursing Center where she died on December 20. 2008.

While they lived in Sacramento, Lucille and Dave adopted two young girls, Patty and Barbara, who enlarged and enriched their family. Lucille was a wonderful cook and baker, and she was an expert at all the needle arts – knitting, crocheting, embroidery and needlepoint, and dressmaking. Over the years, she made many dresses for her three daughters, including Easter finery, three beautiful graduation dresses and three elegant wedding gowns.

Lucille was active in the Assembly of God Church wherever she lived and especially delighted in teaching Sunday School to the youngest children. She participated in many prayer and bible study circles and supported the efforts of several missionaries with her prayers, her contributions, and the clothes she sewed for the children they served.

Lucille was no stranger to tragedy. After losing her father at a young age, her stepfather died when she was 19. Later on, Lucille cared for her mother during her long fight with ALS, until Orlena died in 1973. Most anguishing was the death of her 23-year-old daughter, Linda Rasmussen Lambert, and Linda's infant daughter Tammy in a car crash in 1970. Dave died in 1984, daughter Barbara Rasmussen Rowe, in 1999, daughter Patty Rasmussen Matoy, in 2000, and grandson Steven Reece Matoy in 2007.

Lucille is survived by four grandchildren and their spouses with 7 great-grandchildren: Stephanie Ann Matoy Pritchett & Michael Whitney Lee Ann Nichols, Lucas Pritchett of Sweetwater, Tennessee; Scott Alan Matoy David Scott Matoy of Knoxville, Tennessee; Mark Lynn Brant & Richele Johnmark Brant, Nathan Brant of Swannanoa, North Carolina; and Rebecca Ann Brant Johnson & Gregory Alex Martin Tredway, Rachel Lyn Johnson of Washburn, Tennessee. Also surviving Lucille are her brother, Lt. Col. Jack Weber USA ret and his wife, Gloria, in New Mexico; her aunt Pearl Weber, in Shoreline; and cousins Elmer & Faye Green Issaquah, Jim and Barbara Green Wenatchee, Ellen & Jacob Naor Seattle, John Henry & Iris Sabre California and Lyle Jones North Carolina.