Delmer Houim

Delmer Delbert Houim,

79, Velva and formerly of

Tioga, Garrison, Berthold

and Bottineau, died on

Sunday, January 8, 2017

in the Souris Valley Care

Center in Velva following

a long battle with Alzhei-

mers Disease.

Delmer was born on Oc-

tober 13, 1937 in Rolette,

ND to George and Eliza-

beth (Franz) Houim. He

was reared on a farm

south of Rolette and at-

tended rural school. His

father died when he was

young. As a young adult,

he enlisted in the U.S.

Army and served until his

honorable discharge. Fol-

lowing his discharge, he

returned to North Dakota.

Delmer married Mary

Ann Meyer on January 5,

1960 in Cando. They

made their home in Bis-

bee as well as several oth-

er communities in North

Dakota and Minnesota

where Delmer was em-

ployed as a heavy equip-

ment mechanic for several

construction companies.

They resided in Velva for

ten years prior to moving

to Tioga in June of 2013.

Mary Ann died on April

9, 2014. Most recently,

Delmer had resided at Ma-

ple View Memory Care

Unit and the Souris Val-

ley Care Center.

Delmer enjoyed playing

cards and board games

especially pinochle, domi-

noes and spicy farkle as

well as wood working and

tinkering and fixing vehi-

cles.

Delmer’s loving family

includes: his children,

Lucy (Fred) Price of Vel-

va, Kathleen “Kat” Lang

and Karen (Curt) Kittelson

all of Velva, Delmer Jr.

(Annette) Houim and

Danny Houim all of Tioga;

grandchildren: Heather

(Nick) Johnson, JR Price,

Jerald Lang Jr., Heather

Sours, Sarah Pottorff, Bob

Cox, Anne Verseman,

Jasmine Collins, Roxanne

Houim, Brandy (Andy) Er-

ickson, Gayle (Perry)

Lanier, Trevor Bolas, Aus-

tyn Kittelson, Collin (Lak-

en) Kittelson and Adrian-

na Kittelson;

great-grandchildren:

Liam and Noah Johnson,

Jack Tomlinson, Casey,

Shelby and Lance Nicho-

las; Aaron, Kyle and Kin-

dra Burton, James Cox,

Triston and Hayle Verse-

man, Akeelah Collins, Da-

vid and Patrick Lanier and

Henry Erickson; brother:

LaVerne Houim of Wash-

ington and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Delmer was preceded in

death by his parents, wife,

daughter Sherry Schuyler,

and siblings  Lloyd, Virgil,

Delores and Elaine.

Celebration of the Life

of Delmer Houim:  Mon-

day, January 16, 2017 at

2:00 p.m. in Oak Valley

Lutheran Church, Velva.

Interment: Ox Creek

Cemetery, Rolette.

Visitation: Sunday from

1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

in Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to the Oak Valley Luth-

eran Church or the

Alzheimer’s Association.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com.