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Judith Rasmussen Larson ’59

Judith Rasmussen Larson, of Rockford, Ill., wife of Gerald Larson ’56, died on July 1, 2011. She attended St. Olaf College, graduated with a B.A. degree from Carthage College, and earned a MSED degree from Northern Illinois University. Survivors include her husband of 53 years; daughters, Stephanie Hughes, Kristen Hair, and Laurie Lundquist; eight grandchildren; brother, Philip Rasmussen; aunt, Muriel Rasmussen Sovik ’38; and cousins, Katherine Sovik-Siemens ’70 P ’05 and husband Brian, and Elisabeth Sovik ’69. She was preceded in death by her parents, Solveig Thorpe Rasmussen ’31 and Halbert Rasmussen ’29; aunt, Dorothea Thorpe Glasoe ’34 and husband Paul Glasoe ’34 P ’66 ’71; and uncle, Ansgar Sovik ’34. The family prefers memorials to Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Rockford, Ill.