| Summary: | 459 Francis Zachmeier family. cards for entertainment. To add spice to our parent's lives, we'd argue over the card games. When I was eighteen, I moved to Mandan and worked for NYA for three months. Upon the completion of the NYA course, I got a job doing housework in Bismarck until I was twenty one. I met Ralph Berger while I worked on NYA. We courted for about a year and were quietly married on March 27, 1941. After our marriage, we lived on the farm twenty one miles northwest of Mandan with Ralph's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Berger. After World War II ended, Ralph and his youngest brother Lawrence, farmed together the remainder of Ralph's life. Shortly after our daughter, Janis, left for college and our thoughts were shifting somewhat toward retirement, the inevitable happened. Ralph died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, October 16, 1960. Our lifestyle changed drastically. Within one week, we sold our farm, cattle, and farming equipment, and moved to an apartment in Mandan. After we made the necessary adjustments to city life, I did babysitting for my landlord to occupy my mind with other thoughts rather than dwell upon my heartaches. The following summer I bought a two bedroom brick house in Mandan and went to work at Wool worths Store. Later I went to work at Collins Department Store for three years until I remarried. My daughter, Janis, married Albert Zachmeier and by coincidence, he had a widowed uncle, Francis, who liked to play cards. Occasionally we would all get together and play cards at Janis and Albert's place. Those card games did wonders for us. Strange feelings started to appear. We heard bells ring and birds sing. Just unreal! I guess that's what happens when the "lovebug" bites. I married Francis Zachmeier on June 6, 1966. We moved to his farm about five miles north of Mandan located beside the Missouri River. We have been living our lives in retirement pursuing our hobbies. We also try to visit our out-of-town children at least once every year. Through this marriage, my family grew. I gained a stepson and stepdaughter - Kenneth and Patricia. Our family now had four children. Janis [Berger] Zachmeier was born January 25, 1942 in Bismarck. She married Albert Zachmeier and are making their home two miles north of Mandan and Albert works for Basin Electric where he is in charge of maintaining and operating equipment. Janis taught elementary school after college and is now a homemaker for their four sons, Andrew, Lyle, Blaine, and Craig. Ralph G. Berger was born July 13, 1951. At the present time he lives in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Ralph married Laurie Trandem, who was born June 24, 1960. They have one daughter, Brianne, born September 4, 1984. Kenneth Zachmeier was born November 30, 1968. He married Margaret Allen of Billings, Montana and that is where they are making their home at the present time. They have two girls, Eva and Gwen. Patricia [Zachmeier] Ressler married Allen Ressler on November 28,1959. They live in Williston, N.Dak. and have three daughters, Cheryl, Dee Ann, and Holly. Theresa (Mosset) Zachmeier REINHOLD AND LYDIA [LANG-ROTT] ZIMMERMAN Lydia and Reinie Zimmerman. Lydia Lang came to the Selfridge area from the New Leipzig area in 1933. When she first arrived here she began working for the J.B. Smith's and later went to work at the hotel. On January 2, 1937, Lydia married Fred Rott. They lived in a home that is now owned by Pete Feist. In 1958, they built a home across the street from the Cheese Plant, which is now owned by the Stanley Heppers. Lydia and Fred owned the Rott Hardware Store in Selfridge. The north part of the building was used as the Post Office and the south part was the Rott Hardware Store. After Fred passed away in April of 1963, Lydia continued to manage the store with Elsie Oster who was the bookkeeper and John Bonagofsky and Oscar Wuitschick as the clerks. After leaving the hardware business, Lydia began working as an assistant postmaster under postmaster Gladys Bachmeier. She worked there for many years and in June of 1966, she resigned from the Post Office Department. Lydia's most memorable season spent in Selfridge was the March blizzard of 1966. She had offered shelter to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Christ Walker of Selfridge and Clarence Herz of Bismarck, for six days during and following the blizzard. Once the storm subsided, Sam and Christ, along with Clarence had to shovel snow into the garage floor drain in order for them to have a way of getting out of the house. They made snow steps so they could get outdoors, reminding one of how the Eskimos might end up doing at times. The Walker's eventually made it home, but instead of clearing away snow at their own homes, they came back to Selfridge with tractors. With the help of Reinie Zimmerman of Mobridge, S.Dak. and the Walker's sons, they cleared Lydia's driveway and many other places in town. On July 30, 1966 Lydia married Reinie Zimmerman of Mobridge. He was a salesman for Brown Motors in Mobridge. They were married at the Bismarck Baptist Church by the Rev. Otto Fiesel and after their marriage, they moved to Grandview Washington, where they still make their home. Lydia Zimmerman Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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