- Date Of Birth: July 20, 1940
- Date Of Death: December 13, 2020
- State: Iowa
Loving husband and father, Mearle Warren Rasmusson, age 80 of Algona, passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at his home in Algona. Mearle was born July 26, 1940 to Edward and Elenora (Johnson) in Crystal Lake, Iowa. He grew up in Mason City graduating in 1958. He worked many years as a paper boy for the Globe Gazette and later for Al & Dicks Service Station.
On July 23, 1961 he married the love of his life, Linda Anderson. They raised an awesome daughter, Laura and son, Mike. The family lived in Mason City and Clear Lake until 1972 when they moved to Algona where they owned and operated Kentucky Fried Chicken until 2005 when retirement beckon his call only to go back to work driving bus for NIACOG until 2018. Mearle loved to go hunting and fishing with his family in Northern Minnesota and Canada. Most of all he loved his family and spending time with their close nit friends gambling in Vegas.
Left to cherish Merle’s memory are his wife of 59 years, Linda of Algona; daughter, Laura (Jim) Cowell; son, Michael Rasmusson; grandsons, Ian (Heather McAtee) Cowell, Jared (Brittany) Cowell, Jamie (Katilin Kittock) and Cam Rasmusson and great grandchildren, Alana, Ben and Conner Jensen, Drew Cowell, Zoey Cowell, Jace Cowell and Elenenor Cowell. Mearle was preceded in death by his parents; son, Tim; brothers, Andrew, Raymond, Kenneth, Delmon and Calvin and sisters, Vivian Vosburgh and Marlene Wallace. He was also preceded in death by many tasty chickens.
