Elverda Huntsman Rasmussen Staley, age 89, died November 30, 2000 at the Alta View Hospital, Sandy. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Verda was born October 9, 1911 in Ferron, UT, a daugh-ter of Ezra J. and Alice Keele Hunts-man. She was the oldest of four children. Verda married R. Charles Rasmussen in 1930 and was married to him for 39 years. After his death she married Lavell Staley in 1972, and was married to him for 26 years. He died in 1998.
Verda is survived by two children: daughter, Arlene Rasmussen Barton and her husband Dean of Draper; son, Lee Charles Rasmussen and wife Jane of Ferron; and sister-in-law Ruth Huntsman of Castle Dale. Verda is the grandmother to five children and 14 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by parents, husbands, a brother Lee Huntsman and two sisters, Marjorie H. Reid, and Alice Joy Huntsman; and a granddaughter Sharon Barton.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 5, 2000 at 11 a.m. in the Ferron Stake Center in Ferron, Utah. Viewing at the Stake Center is scheduled for 10 a.m.
Burial will be in the Ferron City Cemetery under the direction of the Fausett Mortuary.