Lori Lee Rasmussen

Laura Lee Rasmussen, age 59, passed away fighting a 16 year cancer battle. She was a warrior. She passed away at the Grant Memorial Hospital in Grant, Nebraska surrounded by all of her family members.

Born: February 24, 1967

Died: August 19, 2026

Lori was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She graduated in Lexington, Nebraska; she worked ten years for the Rocky Mountain News as district manager and lived mostly in Wheat Ridge Colorado. Lori and her family moved to Brule, Nebraska, in 2015 and the last four years in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Lori was raised in the beautiful state of Iowa and by her father James Lee Curtis and mother Luella Elaine Curtis.

Lori and her husband Troy Rasmussen raised their four boys in Wheat Ridge Colorado. She was mostly a stay at home mother teaching her boys their schooling with extra hours of wisdom and life events. This was her passion. She loved nothing more than her husband, her children and bingo with her mother. She was very creative with flower arrangements and created beautiful settings for weddings.

Leaving behind her husband: Troy Rasmussen, mother: Luella Nelson and step father: Stephen Nelson

Surviving family members are as follows

Brother: James Lee Curtis, wife Tamera Curtis

Brother: Daniel Nelson

Children: Tyler Rasmussen, Beau Rasmussen, Josh Rasmussen and Brandon Rasmussen

Granddaughter: Madeline Rasmussen

Nieces and Nephews: Jamie Lee Curtis, Cristal Curtis, Christine Curtis, James Lee Curtis, Aspen Nelson and Micah Nelson

Celebration of life will be held in the following months.

Her laptop password was Onedayatatime. This tells her life story as Lori was a warrior of cancer fighting this battle for 16 long years. She fought this battle with her head down like a bull. She went to all her treatments and took every cancer drug there was offered. She was in many trial programs making the way for new medicines. Some had dire effects causing sores in the mouth and bad reactions. She did this looking for a cure for herself and those following her in this journey. Lori had a beautiful smile and it was contagious. Her life was her family.

Online condolences may be left at www.drauckerfh.com.

Draucker Funeral Home has assisted the Duran-Rasmussen family with arrangements.