Hazel Laverne Rasar

1934 - 2022

Mount Vernon - Hazel Laverne Rasar, 87, the last of her generation went home to join her husband and other family of her generation on May 20th 2022. Hazel was born September 25th 1934 in Bellingham Washington, the daughter of William Walters and Grace Clayton, Walters. She was married to Ernie Rasar of Bow on December 11th 1954 in Coeur d' Alene Idaho then moving from her home in Bellingham to a dairy farm in Bow where Ernie and Hazel had 4 children, all of whom survive her, Greg, Mike, Laurie and Julie. The youngest of her family she has been preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers, her husband and all of his siblings. She has 7 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

After high school Hazel went on to graduate from the St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Bellingham graduating in October of 1955. Having then moved to Skagit County she worked as a Registered Nurse at Northern State Hospital, the Community Hospital in Sedro Woolley, and was one of the first nurses to staff the brand new United General Hospital when it was built. She served in a variety of roles during her 40+ year career in nursing as a floor nurse, nursing supervisor, surgery and emergency medicine finally retiring from Skagit Valley Hospital and Affiliated Health Services in 1996 having advanced into hospital administration.

Hazel's great hobby was genealogy. The family historian she compiled the history of her family and the Rasar family publishing numerous books about the family tree. She was an avid historian of the Skagit Valley participating in several books on the subject. She served in several roles for the Skagit County genealogical society over the years including being the president of that society for a number of years.

Hazel will be inurned next to her husband Ernie, who preceded her in death, in the Bow Cemetery at a future date yet to be determined