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Alvin Christian Rasmussen
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Alvin Christian Rasmussen BIRTH 18 May 1890 Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri DEATH 13 Jun 1951 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana BURIAL JUN 16,1951 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana son of Bahne Marcus Rasmussen and Emilie A Koepp |
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Capital City Man Creates Terror Reign
Indianapolis, June 18 (AP) - Police said a 61-year-old construction engineer slashed his wife to death in their home today, then went to ohois son's home six miles away and shot and wounded the son and a grandson. Then he shot and killed himself.
Police could give no motovie.
The engineer was Alvin C. Rasmussen.
State police found his body in the home of his son, James Rasmussen, 32. The son's home is at Oaklandon, about 12 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
The younger Rasmussen and his son, James Jr.. were taken to hospitals, both with critical wounds.
Mrs. Easmussen's body was found in her home at 5135 Central Avennue in Indianapolis.
Officers who went to the son's home asked Indianapolis police to go to the father's home on Central avenue, and notify the family of there of the tradgey. The local officers entered the home in a fashionable northside residential district and found Mrs. Rasmussen's body.
The son was brought to an Indianapolis hospital and the grandson was taken to Nillings Hospital at Fort Benjamin.
Body Found by Police.
Mrs. Rasmussen's body was found at the foot of a stairway. Her throat had been cut. Officers said she had apparently been attacked in an upstairs bedroom. Blood stains were on the bed.
A hammer with which Mrs. Rasmussen apparently had been bludgeoned also was found in the house.
Alvin C. Rasmussen was a retired army colonel. He had served in both Worled Wars I and II
He was a former commander of the First Indiana logistical division, a recerve unit trained for supply planning in time of emergency.
Kates Rasmussen told officers his father came to his home about 8:30 o'clock this morning.
"He just started shooting", the son9 said.
Mrs. Rasmussen, the son's wife, was slugged by her father-in-law before he ended his life. She suffered a cut on the head when she was hit with the butt of a .45 calidber pistol. She, too, was taken to a hospital for treatment of this injury.
A seven-month-old baby of the younger Rasmussen lay unharmed in a crib. The wounded grandson is five years old.
Officers said Rasmussen apparently had killed his wife some time before he went to the son's home as her body was cold and the blood had dried. - Kokomo Tribune Jan 13 1951
Three Capital Shooting Victims In Hospitals.
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Indianapolis - Two men and a boy remained in Critical conditions in Indianapolis hospitals - victims
of two sensational shooting affrays which rocked the state capital within a five-day period.
At Methodist Hospital tody, five-year old Jamie Rasmussen, and his father, James D. Rasmussen, Sr., 21, were reported "still critical: today of gunshot wounds suffered when the grandfather and father Alvin C. Rasmussen, a retired army colonel went beserk and apparently tried to kill his entire family.
Rasmussen killed his wife, shot his son and grandson and slugged his daughter-in-law when she successfull prevented him from killing another granchild. He then killed himself...
| married 10 Jun 1914 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Helen Leona Wood BIRTH 7 Oct 1890 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana DEATH 13 Jun 1951 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indian BURIAL JUN 16,1951 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, daughter of William J. Wood and Anna Douglas |  |
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Rasmussen Rites Set for Tomorrow at Crown Hill
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Services for Alvin C. Rasmussen and his wife, Mrs. Helen Wood Rasmussen will be at 1 p.m.
tomorrow in Shirley Brothers Chapel.
Burial will in in Crown Hill.
Mr. Rasmussen killed his wife at their home, 3135 Central Ave., Wednesday.
He then drove to his son's home near Indiana Lake where he shot and wounded his son James Rasmussen and his grandson, Jamie before killing himself.
Physicians said Mr. Rausmussen, a 61-year-old retired Army colonel and veteran engineer, was suffering a severe mental depression.
Surviving with his son and grandson is another son, William; a granddaughter, Cathey, and Mr. Rasmussen's sister: Mrs. Emma Lytle and Miss Clara L Rasmussen, both of St. Louis and Mrs. Edna A. Noller, Menlo Park, Cal.
Mrs. Rasmussen also is survived by her mother, Mrs. Anna A. Wood; and a sister Mrs. Marie Rush San Diego, Cal.; and an aunt, Miss Gertrude Douglas.
Private Funeral RiItes For Col. and Mrs. Rasmussen
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Private funeral servics were conoducted Saturday in Indianapolis for Col. Alvin C. Rasmussen and
his wife, Mrs. Helen Woods Rasmussen, Lake Maxinkuckee summer residents.
Col. Rasmussen, a 61-year old retired Army officer and prominent heating contractor killed his wife at their Indianapolis home last Wednesday. He later shot and wounded his son, James Rasmussen and grandson, Jamie, before succumbing to self inflicted wounds.
Said by physicians to have been suffering from severe mental depression, Rsamussen slashed his wife's throat with a knife about dawn on Wednesday. Police reports indicate he then drove to the home of his son and without warning shot his son and grandson.
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William Marcus Rasmussen BIRTH
16 Apr 1917 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana DEATH 11 Dec 1994 San José, Canton Central de S
an José, San José, Costa Rica BURIAL Washington Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana
James Wood Rasmussen BIRTH 22 Sep 1920 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana DEATH 28 Jul 1988 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Old Oaklandon Cemetery Oaklandon, Marion County, Indiana, married Catherine Matilda (Glassbrenner
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Name Alvin C Rasmussen Residence Year 1913 Street Address 123 W 11th Residence Place Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Occupation Mechanical Engineer Publication Title Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1913 Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 Name Alvin C. Rasmussen Gender Male Race White Marital Status Single Birth Date 1891 Birth Place St. Louis, MO. Marriage Date 10 Jun 1914 Marriage Place Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Marriage Age 23y Father Bill Rasnenssen Mother Emelie Amelia Koepp Spouse Helen L. Wood FHL Film Number 413547 Reference ID p 81 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Explore records with AI Learn what this record has to say with AncestryAI. Ask AncestryAI Detail Source Name Alvin Christian Rasmussen Race Caucasian (White) Marital Status Married Birth Date 19 May 1890 Birth Place Missouri, USA Residence Date 1917-1918 Street Address 2301 Broadway Residence Place Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Draft Board 02 Physical Build Stout Height Tall Hair Color Brown Eye Color Blue New Jersey, U.S., State Census, 1915 Name Alvin C. Rasmussen Gender Male Race W Age 25 Marital Status Married Birth Date May 1890 Birth Place MO Residence Year 1915 Residence Place Absecon, New Jersey, USA Enumeration District First & Second Ward Second Occupation Civil Engineer Can Read Yes Can Write Yes Can Speak English Yes Father's Birth Place Denmark Mother's Birth Place Germany Page number 1 Line Number 23 Dwelling Number 5 Household Members (Name) Age Mariner B. Smith 43 Alberta Smith 41 Alvin C. Rasmussen 25 Helen W. Rasmussen 25 U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Name Alvin C Rasmussen Residence Year 1916 Street Address 2137 Central Residence Place Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Occupation Civil Negr Publication Title Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1916 1920 United States Federal Census Name Alvin C Rasmussen Age 29 Birth Year abt 1891 Birthplace Missouri Home in 1920 Indianapolis Ward 2, Marion, Indiana Residence Date 1920 Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Son-in-law Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Helen Rasmussen Father's Birthplace Denmark Mother's Birthplace Germany Able to Speak English Yes Occupation Chief Engineer Industry Manufacturer Employment Field Wage or Salary Attended School No Able to read Yes Able to Write Yes Neighbors View others on page Household Members (Name) Age Relationship William J Woods 62 Head Ann Woods 54 Wife Alvin C Rasmussen 29 Son-in-law Helen Rasmussen 29 Daughter William Rasmussen 2 Grandson 1930 United States Federal Census Name Alvin C Rasmussen Birth Year abt 1891 Gender Male Race White Age in 1930 39 Birthplace Missouri Marital Status Married Relation to Head of House Head Home in 1930 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Map of Home Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Street Address Central ave Ward of City 4 Ward Block 235 House Number 5135 Dwelling Number 23 Family Number 23 Home Owned or Rented Owned Home Value 11000 Radio Set Yes Lives on Farm No Age at First Marriage 23 Attended School No Able to Read and Write Yes Father's Birthplace Denmark Mother's Birthplace Texas Able to Speak English Yes Occupation Engineer Industry Steel Mill Class of Worker Wage or salary worker Employment Yes Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Alvin C Rasmussen 39 Head Helen W Rasmussen 39 Wife Wm M Rasmussen 12 Son James W Rasmussen 9 Son U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Name Alvin C Rasmussen Gender Male Residence Year 1934 Street Address 5135 Central av Residence Place Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Occupation Vice President Spouse Helen Rasmussen Publication Title Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1934 1940 United States Federal Census Name Alvin C Rasmusson [Alvin C Rasmussen] Age 49 Estimated Birth Year abt 1891 Gender Male Race White Birthplace Indiana Marital Status Married Relation to Head of House Head Home in 1940 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Map of Home in 1940 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Street Central Avenue House Number 5135 Farm No Inferred Residence in 1935 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Residence in 1935 Indianapolis Sheet Number 1B Number of Household in Order of Visitation 24 Occupation Civil Eng House Owned or Rented Owned Value of Home 7500 Attended School or College No Highest Grade Completed College, 4th year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40 Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939 50 Income 3800 Income Other Sources No Neighbors View others on page Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Alvin C Rasmusson 49 Head Helen Rasmusson 49 Wife William Rasmusson 22 Son James W Rasmusson 19 Son U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 Name Alvin C Rasmussen Gender Male Residence Year 1945 Street Address h5135 Central av Residence Place Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Occupation United States Army Spouse Helen W Rasmussen Publication Title Indianapolis, Indiana, City Directory, 1945 1950 United States Federal Census Name Alvin C Rasmussen Age 59 Birth Date abt 1891 Gender Male Race White Birth Place Missouri Marital Status Married Relation to Head of House Head Residence Date 1950 Home in 1950 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA Street Name Central Apartment Number 5135 Dwelling Number 23 Farm No Acres No Questionnaire Number 4 Occupation Sales Manager Industry Oil Burner Company Occupation Category Working Hours Worked 45 Worker Class Private Household Members (Name) Age Relationship Alvin C Rasmussen 59 Head Helen W Rasmussen Wife Wm M Rasmussen Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017 Name Alvin C Rassmussen [Rasmussen] [Rasmussen] Gender Male Race White Age 61 Marital Status Married Birth Date 18 May 1890 Birth Place Missouri Death Date 13 Jun 1951 Death Place Rural, Marion, Indiana, USA Death Registration Date 1951 Father Sakae M Rassmussen Mother Amelia Keopp
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