Mary E. Hill Rasmussen was born during the pioneering and railroad era on the Prairie, in Cambridge, Furnas, Nebraska. Her father, John Elmer Hill, worked for the railroad as a lands manager. Her mother, Katie Paul Hill, was a teacher. Katie had brought her daughter, Dena, into her marriage with John. Dena became a close sister to Mary, her brothers, Jim and John "Jack". Sadly, Katie passed away from pneumonia in the harsh Nebraska winter of January, 1900, leaving the four, grieving children to be placed with loving relatives. Mary, along with Dena, and Jim, went to St. Joseph, Missouri to live with John's brother, Henry Hill and wife, Mary for several years. Baby Jack went to another Uncle and Aunt. For high school, she attended Sacred Heart Academy in Ogden, Utah, later confiding it was "the worst time of my life". When Dena became nineteen, Mary's father, John E. Hill, married her. The family moved to California, then Nevada and finally to Thornton, Idaho. Mary had a close relationship with Dena as well as her new siblings throughout life.
Mary graduated from Ricks Normal College, in Rexburg, Idaho with a life-time teaching certificate for the State of Idaho. She married Peter R. Park in 1917 with whom she bore six children: Elmer, Gerald, Margaret, Grace, Jimmie and Jack. During the marriage Peter became a law officer for West Yellowstone; Mary cooked for the loggers. Later they moved to a farm and she began to teach in Plano and Thornton, Idaho. It was a difficult time. They divorced in 1932
Afterwards, she moved to Rexburg and taught in the Canyon Creek School. Times continued to be hard; the children had to be placed, since she received little or no support. She met and married Marvin Rasmussen in 1936; things improved and the children saw better opportunities. By then Mary taught at Newdale and the Sugar City schools, and also taught in the 1st kindergarten in Driggs, Idaho. She lobbied Idaho congress for hot school lunches, since most rural students had had no food after chores. Mrs. Rasmussen became a popular teacher, and is still respectfully remembered and appreciated in journals, writings and books about Idaho teachers.
Marvin passed away on June 20, 1963. Since that time she remained active in numerous organizations...the Business and Professional Women, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and the Ladies Aid Group from Thornton. She enjoyed the many educational and social meetings of the Sugar City Mutual Study Class, which she attended. Like her sister, Dena, Mary loved poetry. She memorized many poems, reciting them at her Study Class and sharing them by letter with daughter, Grace. In this way, she kept her mind sharp into her older years. At the time of her retirement, Mrs. Rasmussen lived in Sugar City, Idaho. From there she would travel all over the U.S. to visit her daughter, Grace and Air Force husband, Jim. Remaining sons, Jimmie and Jack, their wives, called and checked in on her as much as possible. She was a lovely, gracious lady, loving mother, kind grandmother. Mary Hill Rasmussen was short in stature, but tall in character. Her memory will be cherished always.
Mary graduated from Ricks Normal College, in Rexburg, Idaho with a life-time teaching certificate for the State of Idaho. She married Peter R. Park in 1917 with whom she bore six children: Elmer, Gerald, Margaret, Grace, Jimmie and Jack. During the marriage Peter became a law officer for West Yellowstone; Mary cooked for the loggers. Later they moved to a farm and she began to teach in Plano and Thornton, Idaho. It was a difficult time. They divorced in 1932
Afterwards, she moved to Rexburg and taught in the Canyon Creek School. Times continued to be hard; the children had to be placed, since she received little or no support. She met and married Marvin Rasmussen in 1936; things improved and the children saw better opportunities. By then Mary taught at Newdale and the Sugar City schools, and also taught in the 1st kindergarten in Driggs, Idaho. She lobbied Idaho congress for hot school lunches, since most rural students had had no food after chores. Mrs. Rasmussen became a popular teacher, and is still respectfully remembered and appreciated in journals, writings and books about Idaho teachers.
Marvin passed away on June 20, 1963. Since that time she remained active in numerous organizations...the Business and Professional Women, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and the Ladies Aid Group from Thornton. She enjoyed the many educational and social meetings of the Sugar City Mutual Study Class, which she attended. Like her sister, Dena, Mary loved poetry. She memorized many poems, reciting them at her Study Class and sharing them by letter with daughter, Grace. In this way, she kept her mind sharp into her older years. At the time of her retirement, Mrs. Rasmussen lived in Sugar City, Idaho. From there she would travel all over the U.S. to visit her daughter, Grace and Air Force husband, Jim. Remaining sons, Jimmie and Jack, their wives, called and checked in on her as much as possible. She was a lovely, gracious lady, loving mother, kind grandmother. Mary Hill Rasmussen was short in stature, but tall in character. Her memory will be cherished always.
Mary E. Hill Rasmussen was born during the pioneering and railroad era on the Prairie, in Cambridge, Furnas, Nebraska. Her father, John Elmer Hill, worked for the railroad as a lands manager. Her mother, Katie Paul Hill, was a teacher. Katie had brought her daughter, Dena, into her marriage with John. Dena became a close sister to Mary, her brothers, Jim and John "Jack". Sadly, Katie passed away from pneumonia in the harsh Nebraska winter of January, 1900, leaving the four, grieving children to be placed with loving relatives. Mary, along with Dena, and Jim, went to St. Joseph, Missouri to live with John's brother, Henry Hill and wife, Mary for several years. Baby Jack went to another Uncle and Aunt. For high school, she attended Sacred Heart Academy in Ogden, Utah, later confiding it was "the worst time of my life". When Dena became nineteen, Mary's father, John E. Hill, married her. The family moved to California, then Nevada and finally to Thornton, Idaho. Mary had a close relationship with Dena as well as her new siblings throughout life.
Mary graduated from Ricks Normal College, in Rexburg, Idaho with a life-time teaching certificate for the State of Idaho. She married Peter R. Park in 1917 with whom she bore six children: Elmer, Gerald, Margaret, Grace, Jimmie and Jack. During the marriage Peter became a law officer for West Yellowstone; Mary cooked for the loggers. Later they moved to a farm and she began to teach in Plano and Thornton, Idaho. It was a difficult time. They divorced in 1932
Afterwards, she moved to Rexburg and taught in the Canyon Creek School. Times continued to be hard; the children had to be placed, since she received little or no support. She met and married Marvin Rasmussen in 1936; things improved and the children saw better opportunities. By then Mary taught at Newdale and the Sugar City schools, and also taught in the 1st kindergarten in Driggs, Idaho. She lobbied Idaho congress for hot school lunches, since most rural students had had no food after chores. Mrs. Rasmussen became a popular teacher, and is still respectfully remembered and appreciated in journals, writings and books about Idaho teachers.
Marvin passed away on June 20, 1963. Since that time she remained active in numerous organizations...the Business and Professional Women, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and the Ladies Aid Group from Thornton. She enjoyed the many educational and social meetings of the Sugar City Mutual Study Class, which she attended. Like her sister, Dena, Mary loved poetry. She memorized many poems, reciting them at her Study Class and sharing them by letter with daughter, Grace. In this way, she kept her mind sharp into her older years. At the time of her retirement, Mrs. Rasmussen lived in Sugar City, Idaho. From there she would travel all over the U.S. to visit her daughter, Grace and Air Force husband, Jim. Remaining sons, Jimmie and Jack, their wives, called and checked in on her as much as possible. She was a lovely, gracious lady, loving mother, kind grandmother. Mary Hill Rasmussen was short in stature, but tall in character. Her memory will be cherished always.
Mary graduated from Ricks Normal College, in Rexburg, Idaho with a life-time teaching certificate for the State of Idaho. She married Peter R. Park in 1917 with whom she bore six children: Elmer, Gerald, Margaret, Grace, Jimmie and Jack. During the marriage Peter became a law officer for West Yellowstone; Mary cooked for the loggers. Later they moved to a farm and she began to teach in Plano and Thornton, Idaho. It was a difficult time. They divorced in 1932
Afterwards, she moved to Rexburg and taught in the Canyon Creek School. Times continued to be hard; the children had to be placed, since she received little or no support. She met and married Marvin Rasmussen in 1936; things improved and the children saw better opportunities. By then Mary taught at Newdale and the Sugar City schools, and also taught in the 1st kindergarten in Driggs, Idaho. She lobbied Idaho congress for hot school lunches, since most rural students had had no food after chores. Mrs. Rasmussen became a popular teacher, and is still respectfully remembered and appreciated in journals, writings and books about Idaho teachers.
Marvin passed away on June 20, 1963. Since that time she remained active in numerous organizations...the Business and Professional Women, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and the Ladies Aid Group from Thornton. She enjoyed the many educational and social meetings of the Sugar City Mutual Study Class, which she attended. Like her sister, Dena, Mary loved poetry. She memorized many poems, reciting them at her Study Class and sharing them by letter with daughter, Grace. In this way, she kept her mind sharp into her older years. At the time of her retirement, Mrs. Rasmussen lived in Sugar City, Idaho. From there she would travel all over the U.S. to visit her daughter, Grace and Air Force husband, Jim. Remaining sons, Jimmie and Jack, their wives, called and checked in on her as much as possible. She was a lovely, gracious lady, loving mother, kind grandmother. Mary Hill Rasmussen was short in stature, but tall in character. Her memory will be cherished always.
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