Mildred (Mimi) Emerson

"Health, prosperity, and love, and the time to enjoy them," was a toast Mildred (Mimi) Emerson would recite in Spanish.

She spoke Portuguese and French as well, and even learned a bit of Danish before a family vacation, exemplifying her passions for languages, travel, and other cultures.

She was born in Wheatland and raised on the Bohmont Family Ranch.

She studied three years at the UW, became a Kappa Delta member and met her husband Eugene "Gene" Emerson, son of the late Wyoming Governor Frank Emerson, there.

They moved to California, where Mimi studied art and language at USC and attended th...