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Marilyn Rasdal Obituary



Marilyn Kay Rasdal

Resident of Los Altos

65, died peacefully while surrounded by her loving family on Feb 6, 2012 after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Kay was akind and compassionate soul whose caring and concern for others was constant.

Kay was born October 2, 1946, in Wichita, Kansas to Louise and Earl Hemstreet. She attended Wesley School of Nursing in Wichita to become a registered nurse. Later, she completed anesthesia training and worked as a nurse anesthetist at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and later Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City until her retirement. Kay was an active volunteer at Mountain View High School, a valued volunteer at a teen crisis hotline, and supported numerousother local causes and organizations in the Bay Area. Kay's interests included spending time with her family, playing bridge, golf, traveling, and watching hockey.

Kay is survived by her adoring husband of 30 years, Dan; her mother, Louise Hemstreet; sister Carol Caro; daughters Wendy Ryan (John), Melissa Welsh (Andrew), Allison Hunt (Steve) and Amy Rasdal (Chris Faust); son Andy Rasdal (Camille) and ten grandchildren; Emma, Will, Marie, Matthew, Kayla, Hilary, Austin, Maile, Nicholas and Isabella. She also leaves behind countless friends and acquaintances whose lives were touched by her warmth, grace and beauty.

A liturgy service will be held on Saturday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. at St. William Parish, 611 S. El Monte Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94022 followed by a celebration of her life from 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. at the Los Altos Golf and Country Club, 1560 Country Club Drive, Los Altos, CA 94024.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Kay's name to Breast Cancer Connections (http://bcconnections.org/), 390 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Greg Hall

February 26, 2012

I knew her as Marilyn, working at Draeger's Market in Los Altos. I thought that she was a lovely person who always had a nice smile on her face and something good to say to me. I thought that Marilyn was very devoted to her husband, Dan and all of her children, too. It was amazing to me that when Dan had a stroke, that I am sure that he got better because of her kind and loving ways. I will miss her a lot.

To all the Rasdal Family: I was so sorry to hear about Marilyn when Dan's caregiver told me about her passing away when I was at Draeger's in the begining of this month.

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