Himmerich, Delila Evangeline

 

DeLila Evangeline Himmerich was born March 20, 1934, to Philip and Christina (Everding) Himmerich III at Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota.

DeLila married Garfield Willard Rasmusson November 15, 1958, at Jamestown, North Dakota.  Garfield was born March 19, 1926, to Hans and Bertha Julia (Scramstad) Rasmusson at Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota.

DeLila and Garfield have two children, Gerry Dale and Kevin Gale.

Gerry Dale Rasmusson, born January 16, 1961, at Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota, attended school in Griggs County, North Dakota, and Anaconda, Montana, graduating from Cooperstown High School, Cooperstown, North Dakota, in May 1979, and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1987.  Gerry graduated from UND with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Studies.  Gerry is a pilot and flight instructor in Bismarck, North Dakota.  Gerry married Bobbie Jeanne Praus July 12, 1985, at Devils Lake, North Dakota.  Bobbie Jeanne was born April 1, 1963, to Frank and Sylvia Praus at Red Lodge, Montana.  Bobbie graduated from high school at Devils Lake, North Dakota, Graduated from UND, Grand Forks with a B. S. in psychology in 1984, and UND Law School in 1988.  Gerry and Bobbie have one child, Karla Deanne, born August 3, 1988, in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Kevin Gale Rasmusson was born July 3, 1963, at Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota.  He attended school in Griggs County, North Dakota, and Anaconda, Montana.  Graduated from Cooperstown High School, Cooperstown, North Dakota, (Griggs County) on May 23, 1981.  He attended the University of North Dakota two years, and Moorhead State, Moorhead, Minnesota, and is active in wheelchair-basketball and in 1988, Kevin moved to Mesa, Arizona.

DeLila moved with her parents, Philip and Christina Himmerich from Burnstad, North Dakota, to a farm one mile south and five miles west of Hannaford, North Dakota, in 1949, along with brothers and sisters Lawrence, Irene, Loretta, Edwin, Donald, Larry and Charles.  DeLila attended school in Bartley Township and in Hannaford, North Dakota.

DeLila remarried May 25, 1985, to Wallace Randolph Everson at Fargo, North Dakota.  Wallace was born on August 26, 1928, to Edwin Willington and Sylvia Lillian (Brumberg) Everson in Greenfield Township, Griggs County, North Dakota.  Wallace has one son, Kenneth.

Kenneth Frederick Everson, born February 20, 1962, to Wallace Randolph and Evelyn (Montman) Everson in San Jose, California, was baptized on September  16, 1962, at St. Timothy's Lutheran Church in Santa Clara County, San Jose, California.   Kenneth is currently living in Valley City, North Dakota.

Source:  Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 158