Herman Rose and Henrietta Collard were married January 1920. Six children were born to them. Margie (Mrs. Leo Steckler) died at age 36 in June 1956, leaving her husband and 4 children. The oldest, Gerry Leo, died in May of 1959 in a tragic auto accident by Dazey cemetery in which two Army pals also lost their lives. Geraldine Emma married Frank Weiss of Spiritwood and they live on their farm there. James married Dorothy Kuder of Rogers. They live in California and have 4 daughters. Ronald married Joan Hoffman of Hannaford. They live in Wimbledon and have two children. Audrey (Bunnie) married Milton (Bud) Severson, They have 5 children and live in California. Doris Anne also lives in California and is married to a Navy man, Charles Hightower. They have 3 children.
The Herman Rose children all attended Pierce School and then High School in Wimbledon. They were baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church by Rev. Huevelen. James was a Merchant Marine and saw many foreign countries and lots of ocean. He now works as foreman in a Hughes plant in Whittier, California. After service in the Army, Ronald attended college at NDSU and California State Polytechnic College, graduating from NDSU in 1963, and is now engaged in farming.
Herman Rose came here from Fulton, Illinois, with his parents, the Martin Rose family. He served on the Pierce Township board and Pierce School board for many years. The Herman Roses have lived on the grandpa Rhinald Brueske farm since September 1924. They bought it back from the Federal Land Bank in 1942. It is a beloved old landmark of this community and the same house Rhinald Brueske built for his wife and daughter in 1881 and finished the north part in 1890's. Four generations of Rhinald Brueske and his descendants have farmed this land. The old and beautiful tree that Emma Brueske and her dad Rhinald planted in 1883 is still a strong and sturdy branching tree, sheltering the northwest corner of the house in this yard.
Farming was hard work in those early years. Herman used horses until 1935 when he bought his first John Deere tractor. (The neighbors called it "Herman's Folly"). He didn't have hired help but as soon as the boys (James and Ronald) were old enough, they worked. Ronald now farms the home place of this good, black North Dakota land.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 210