Philip "Toadie" Zimmerman was born in 1901 in Minnesota. He was the son of Joseph and Dollie Zimmerman. As a young man he started farming but it wasn't for him ‑ he came to Carrington as a mechanic. He has a successful business in town.
He married on February 6, 1928, Geneva Hewitt. Geneva grew up at Sykeston, where she had been born on May 30, 1908.
The couple had 10 children: Alan, Samuel, Gail, Dean, Joel, Douglas, Marian, Delores, Elaine and Joan.
Mrs. Zimmerman died February 20, 1972. She is buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 44B