June 10, 1939 ~ Sept. 5, 2020
Kayanne Een Rasmussen, of Brigham City, Utah, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sept. 5, 2020 at McKay Dee Hospital.
She was born June 10, 1939 in Murray, Utah, into a U.S. Depression, oncoming WWII, with rationing and unrest. Kay and her three siblings were raised by her hardworking single-parent mother, Lola Redd. Lola along with her four children, moved in, to live with her mother, Myrtle Drucilla (Porter) Redd. Kay grew up with a love for music, swimming, climbing trees and riding horses. She spent her fifth grade year with her beloved Uncle Bill in Scipio, Utah where she could outride all the boys her age and many who were one to two years older. Her favorite childhood memories were with her angel grandmother and many summers with her Uncle Bill. The family lived in a home at 25 West Temple, where the Conference Center stands today.
When Kay was 13, Lola married Lester Perry Een. Perry adopted the four children (Lamont, Kay, Trisha, and David) and later three siblings; Susan, Kim, and Kristie were born to this union. Kay’s vibrant personality, genuine compassion, and innate enthusiasm brought both lifelong friends and popularity, along with Student Body Office at Bountiful High School. She attended college at BYU, U of U, and graduated from Utah State University with her teaching certificate for Elementary Education. In the middle of her college years, Kay serve in the Denmark Copenhagen Mission for two years.
Upon returning home, she met Donald Robison Rasmussen at an Institute dance, who had previously served in the same mission. They courted and later married June 19, 1964 in the Manti Temple. She taught Elementary School at different times of her life, totaling six years. She and Don later returned to serve an 18-month CES Couple’s Mission in Denmark from July 1998 to December of 1999. She enjoyed instant privacy—through the Danish language—with her companion, for over 56 years. Both before and after marriage, she was extremely effective in various church callings and as a return missionary, created quite “the dynamic-duo” with her career Seminary-Teacher husband. Kay’s photographic memory, eminent charisma, genuine love, and fervor for the gospel brought incredible contribution to all those whose lives she touched: especially, her children and family.
Each of her sons recall—on a number of occasions through adolescence—comments from their peers, Don’s students, “I’d give anything to have your parents; you have no idea how blessed you are to have such amazing parents!” She was a prolific teacher, who, though touching countless lives, impacted most her children and grandchildren. She is remembered for “her playful, spunky spirit” and always being a “delightful and devoted grandmother.”
She is survived by her husband Donald and four children: Hans (Kimberly), Shon (Sherilyn), McKay (Julia) and her daughter Keisa. 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Siblings Lamont, Trisha Schiffman, Kim (Miriam), Kristie (Steve) Heyborn. Sister in-law Sandy Een. She is preceded in death by her sister Susan Milner, parents Perry and Lola, brother in-law Jay Schiffman, and her brother David.
A Viewing will be held at the Brigham 3rd Ward (200 N. 200 W.) Brigham City, UT from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, September 11, 2020. Fillmore: Viewing Saturday September 12, 2020 from 11:30 to 12:30 Fillmore 1st Ward (290 E. 500 S.) Funeral at 1 p.m. in the Fillmore 1st Ward. Interment in the Fillmore City Cemetery. Online condolence at www.rasmussenmortuary.com.
