Background
Della was born to William George Gould and Anna Wadel Gould in Glencoe, Minnesota.
Della was born to William George Gould and Anna Wadel Gould in Glencoe, Minnesota.
University of Minnesota.
The family were pioneers in the jewelry and entertainment business, and she described her girlhood as a continuous song. At the University of Minnesota Della prepared to teach languages but instead taught music and coached dramatics at Sisseton, South Dakota, adjacent to the Sioux Reservation. They paralleled the Lewis and Clark Trail living in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Miles City, Harlowton, Three Forks and Missoula, Montana.
In Washington State the family made short stays in Pasco and Yakima, then moved to Seattle for nineteen years where Della wrote and produced historical plays for churches, schools and KJR Radio with John Pearson.
She died in Tacoma on November 6, 1983 aged 93, and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Glencoe.
Della Emmons served as curator for the Washington State Historical Society and was an International Honorary member of Beta Sigma Phi.