Saga of the Sanpitch Vol 26

Daniel Rasmussen, A Man of intergrity

of Sunday School and taught Sunday School classes for 26 years He wascounselor and Bishop of the North Ward He served as counselor in the North Sanpete Stake Presidency for 22 years He was President of the Elders and High Priest quorums and active temple work In addition to givinglife of service to other Mr Rasmussen rearedfine family His three sons Irvin Paul and Howard received doctorate degrees and two daughters Mary and Esther were school teachers In Matthew 20 26 27 we read Whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister and whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant know of of no one who has ledmore Christ-like life than my friend Daniel Rasmussen had the privilege of reading Daniel Rasmussenlife story written in his beautiful handwriting It made me realize more than ever that he wasman who madedifference in this world Following arefew of the things that he wrote Mt Pleasant was settled in 1859 andwas born 17 years later on 25 February 1876 the son of Morten Rasumssen and Karen Christensen My parents lived in the fort and later acquiredlot on 12 South 400 West where they builtlittle adobe house Later it was replaced withlarge brick home The bricks were made right on the lot m hardlypioneer but it is wonderful what changes have taken place under my observation helped my mother make candles then we had coal oil lamps and finally electricity came to Mt Pleasant in 1894 Farming was first done withplow planting the grain by hand and cutting the hay withscythe remember holding the lines and driving the horses as father plowed our garden We had 12 children in our family and were all expected to help with the chores was given the job early in life 10 herd the dairy cows and our many horses My father was called onmission to Denmark and we all had to help mother take care of the farm and household chores was seven years old when he returned and only nine 15