When Lowell W Rasmussen was born on 21 March 1910, in Redmond, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, Wilford Rasmussen, was 23 and his mother, Katie Johanna Nelson, was 19. He married Ruth Marie Carlston on 26 August 1938, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1930 and Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 12 October 1999, in Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States.