Brenda Jo Rasmussen, 64, of North Platte, Nebraska passed away at Great Plains Health, Saturday the 27th of July 2024 in North Platte. She was born in Austin, Texas, on August 14, 1959 to Robert Warren and Linda Negley.
She attended school and grew up in Tuscan, Arizona. Brenda met Francis McDevitt at the age of 28 and they had a daughter Nicole Kaye Rasmussen. She then moved around for a couple years, but North Platte was always home to her. She returned to North Platte in 1997, doing various jobs, however her favorite was doing school lunches. She was well educated and could outsmart many. She was also an adamant Eagles member for many years. Brenda was strong willed, determined, beyond independent, understanding, compassionate, had a great sense of humor, and straight just told it like it was. She was the glue that kept our family together, through the tough times and the good times, all of the holidays together and meals she prepared for them. She was our rock. She enjoyed cooking, baking, spending quality time with loved ones, and playing board games. One of her most favorite things to do was sit outside and enjoy the weather, only if it wasn’t “too cold”, in her famous words.
Online condolences may be shared at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home www.adamsswanson.com.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Nicole Rasmussen (Tyler Dircksen) of North Platte; grandchildren, Jayden Rasmussen and Joseph Cooper, North Platte; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Tony Rasmussen, Lesa (Robert) Perez, Irene Trobaugh and Linda Witt.
Brenda is preceded in death by her grandparents, Weston and Eloris Negley; mother, Linda Negley; sisters, Marlys Holbein, Bobette Hazen; brother Todd Warren.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, August 5, 2024, at Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens, North Platte. Book signing will be from 9-5, Friday, August 2 at Adams & Swanson Funeral Home. A luncheon will follow the service at the Eagles Club in North Platte.
Adams & Swanson Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.