William Eugene DeLashmit 1938 - 2001

William Eugene DeLashmit (1938 - 2001)

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William Eugene DeLashmit

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Bill DeLashmit

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Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire 03264

Born

March 26, 1938
Newburg, Phelps County
Missouri, United States 65550

Death

May 21, 2001
Bridgewater, Grafton County
New Hampshire, United States

Summary

William Eugene DeLashmit of Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire was born on March 26, 1938 in Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri United States. William was baptized in April 1938 in Newburg. William DeLashmit died at age 63 years old on May 21, 2001 in Bridgewater, Grafton County, New Hampshire, and was buried at New Hampton Village Cemetery Pinnacle Hill Rd, in New Hampton, Belknap County.

William Eugene DeLashmit William DeLashmit (1938 - 2001)

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William Eugene "Bill" DeLashmit is the son of Elmer Eugene "Gene" Delashmit (1912-1986) and Margaret Irene Fenton (1914-1996). He was born on March 26, 1938 and had one sister, Bettie Jo (Delashmit) Wheeler (1939-2019).

Bill DeLashmit was born and raised in Newburg, Phelps, Missouri, USA, but he moved to Rolla, Missouri, USA to attend the University of Missouri (UMR). However, he dropped out of school and joined the USAF, and was sent to Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA for Basic Training. He was then sent to language school in Syracuse, NY for Bulgarian, subsequently working as a Bulgarian linguist. From 1962-1964, he worked in Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey, before being honorably discharged. He then returned to the USA to continue his education. In 1967, he graduated from UMR with a BS in Geology.

After his graduation, he worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) in Fort Meade, Maryland, USA, as a civilian Bulgarian linguist from about 1968-1977. It was at the NSA in 1972 where he met his future wife, LT Mary Mathews Fisher, USN, who worked as a Russian linguist and analyst.

Bill and Mary got married in 1973 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, and they resided in Silver Springs, Maryland, USA, from about 1973-1977. They then lived in Bridgewater, NH, from about 1977-2001, where in 1988 they had their only child, a son, William Lamar DeLashmit.

In New Hampshire, Bill started working as a Realtor, specializing in Real Property Appraisals. He was also chosen as one of the five Real Estate Commissioners for the State of NH in 1996, which he did alongside his regular work until the end of his life.

On May 21, 2001, he passed away from complications of polycystic kidneys, which he had had all his life.

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William Eugene DeLashmit

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William Eugene DeLashmit

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Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire 03264

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March 26, 1938

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Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri 65550, United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

He was Caucasian (white). His father, Elmer Eugene "Gene" Delashmit was born on December 15, 1912 in Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri, USA. His mother, Margaret Irene Fenton, was born on October 1, 1914 in Kearney County, Nebraska, USA.

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Bill DeLashmit was born and raised in Newburg, Phelps, Missouri, USA, but he moved to Rolla, Missouri, USA to attend the University of Missouri (UMR). However, he dropped out of school and joined the USAF, and was sent to Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA for Basic Training. He was then sent to language school in Syracuse, NY for Bulgarian, subsequently working as a Bulgarian linguist. From 1962-1964, he worked in Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey, before being honorably discharged. After returning to the USA he continued his education at UMR and graduated in 1967 with a BS in Geology. In about 1968 he moved to Ft. Meade, Maryland, USA where he worked at NSA as a civilian Bulgarian linguist. After marriage in 1973, he and his wife resided in Silver Springs, Maryland, USA until about 1977 and then lived in Plymouth (Bridgewater), NH from about 1977-2001, where he worked as a Realtor.

Education

In 1958 Bill attended the University of Missouri, Rolla (UMR). He dropped out to join the military and enlisted in USAF, was sent to language school in Syracuse, NY for Bulgarian, subsequently worked as a Bulgarian linguist. After being honorably discharged, he then returned to the USA to continue his education. In May 1967, he graduated from UMR with a BS in Geology. In about 1969 NSA sent him back to Syracuse University for an advanced course in Bulgarian. From about 1974 - 1977 he attended night classes at Johns Hopkins University, earning his second bachelor's degree, a BS in Political Science.

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April 1938

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Newburg, Phelps County, Missouri 65550, United States

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Bill was baptized Roman Catholic, his mother's faith, but he also often attended the Baptist churches of his Delashmit relatives.

Professions

William enlisted in the USAF in 1959 and subsequently worked as a Bulgarian linguist in Turkey. Later from about 1968-1977 he worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) as a civilian Bulgarian linguist. Bill finished as government paygrade 13 or 14. In 1977 Bill and his wife Mary moved to New Hampshire (NH), where Bill eventually started working as a Realtor. After some initial real estate sales work, he then specialized in Real Property Appraisals. He did several appraisals of property (real estate) that had been seized by the state or federal governments during drug busts, as well as other commercial and residential real estate appraisals. In 1996 he was chosen as one of the five Real Estate Commissioners for the State of NH, which he did along side his regular work until the end of his life. During this time he became friends with NH Governor Jean Shaheen, as well as other State and Federal politicians.

Personal Life

Bill suffered from polycythemia (high red blood cell count). In 1991, he had his gall bladder removed and in 1997 he was diagnosed with non-insulin diabetes. As of 2000 he was on kidney dialysis. On May 21, 2001 William Eugene "Bill" DeLashmit passed away from complications of polycystic kidneys causing hypertension, which he had had all his life.

Military Service

William grew up during WWII, and remembers rationing and Victory Gardens. His father did not go to war, as he had an essential job on the railroads, but many of his uncles did. Bill joined the Air Force himself, in about 1959, and did basic training at Lackland AFB in Texas. He was sent from there to Syracuse University in New York to learn Bulgarian, after which he was stationed in Karamürsel, Kocaeli, Turkey (near the border with Bulgaria). From there he was sent back to the USA, where he was honorably discharged in 1963, and went back to college to complete his degree. When he finished he was recruited by the National Secuity Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, MD, where he worked as a civilian until 1977. At NSA in 1972 he met his future wife LT Mary Fisher, USN, who worked as a Russian linguist and analyst there.

May 21, 2001

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Bridgewater, Grafton County, New Hampshire United States

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New Hampton Village Cemetery Pinnacle Hill Rd, in New Hampton, Belknap County, New Hampshire 03256, United States

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Bill was born the first of the two children of Elmer Eugene "Gene" Delashmit and Margaret Irene Fenton. Between 1959 and 1963 he served in the USAF Intelligence Service, before returning to college at UMR, School of Mines & Metallurgy in Rolla, MO. He graduated in 1967 with a BS. He later also attended Johns Hopkins, and graduated there with a BS Pol.Sci. in 1977. Between 1967 and 1977 Bill worked at NSA, Ft. Meade, MD as a Bulgarian Linguist and Analyst. In 1973 he met and married Mary Mathews Fisher, daughter of Tom and Alice Fisher, of Milton, Mass. In 1977 they moved to Bridgewater, NH, where he briefly taught in the nearby Bristol high school (Newfound Regional). From 1980 until his death Bill worked in Real Estate as a Realtor and a Real Property Appraiser, and since 1996 as one of New Hampshire's five Real Estate Commissioners. During this time he met many politicians who wished to get the Realtors' support. Bill died in 2001 from complications of his polycystic kidneys and his dialysis. He is survived by his wife, Mary, his only child William Lamar DeLashmit, his sister Bettie Jo Wheeler, and several nieces and nephews.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

William Eugene DeLashmit lived 7 years shorter than the average Delashmit family member when he died at the age of 63.

The average age of a Delashmit family member is 70.

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William Eugene DeLashmit- University of Missouri Rolla

1966 Yearbook photo of Bill from the University of Missouri–Rolla. He started at UMR around 1958 and dropped out to join the military. He was later sent back to finish his education and earned his BA.

Date & Place: 1966 at University of Missouri-Rolla 4000 Enterprise Drive, in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri 65409, United States

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Mary DeLashmit 2 followers 31 favorites

03/28/2023

Playing games with Bill

Bill had a photographic memory. If he read something, he remembered, and sometimes could tell you what page it was on.
When my family or I (his wife) played Trivial Pursuit with him we always made him go around the board twice (to our once), but he would usually STILL win!
He was also ambidextrous, tho' primarily left-handed. Shortly after he met my parents for the first time, my Dad invited him to play ping-pong. Bill soon realized that my Dad was getting frustrated at Bill's superior play. So Bill offered to play using his opposite hand. The only trouble was, Bill had been using his right hand, then he switched to his dominant left hand.

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03/28/2023

William E DeLashmit

Bill DeLashmit, Realtor of Plymouth, NH and Newburg, Missoouri

Date & Place: c. 2000

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1938 - 2001 World Events

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In 1938, in the year that William Eugene DeLashmit was born, on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

In 1947, at the age of just 9 years old, William was alive when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1972, when he was 34 years old, on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

In 1989, by the time he was 51 years old, on March 24th, the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker, struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and oil began spilling out of the hold. The oil would eventually contaminate more than a thousand miles of coastline. It is estimated that over 10.8 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the Sound - killing 100,000 to 250,000 seabirds, over 2,800 sea otters, about 12 river otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 bald eagles, and 22 orcas - as well as an unknown number of salmon and herring.

In 1998, at the age of 60 years old, William was alive when on December 19th, the movie Titanic - based on the 1912 sinking of the ship and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - was released. Winning 11 Oscars, it was the first film to gross over a billion dollars and eventually grossed over $2 billion.