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Delbert J Herman, an American serviceman who was stationed in Reykjav\u00edk.[3][2] They were married on March 25, 1945.[3] She was the first Icelandic woman to marry an American soldier. They then moved to Illinois together.[2] When she became a US citizen in 1956, she lost her Icelandic citizenship.Herman graduated with a degree in interior design in Chicago, and opened her own design shop. She retired in 2009 and earned a degree from the Institute of Children’s Literature.[8] In 2015, her husband of 70 years died.[1]At 88 years old, Herman went paragliding for the first time in Utah. She loved it so much, she repeated the experience two years later in her homeland of Iceland.[5][9] She also explored the cave that inspired Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth.[9][10]Despite suffering from a stroke in 2016, she remained very active physically, staying fit and traveling.[2] At the age of 91, she co-authored a cookbook of Icelandic cuisine with her daughter.[11] Along with her daughter, she conducted presentations on Icelandic culture and cooking.[12] She also led adult education seminars, and has written articles for magazines and newspapers.[10] She was the subject of the 2019 R\u00daV documentary Aldrei of Seint (Never Too Late).[13][14]Herman died on October 9, 2019 in Burlington, Iowa.[3][15] Her Icelandic citizenship had been restored by Al\u00feingi earlier that year.[13] At the time of her death, Herman had 24 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren,[3] and had been returning to Iceland annually to share her story and knowledge of Icelandic history.[4]\u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman (August 24, 2017). Happiness in Living Color. Heidi Herman  (Compiler). Hekla Publishing. p.\u00a056. ISBN\u00a0978-1947233959.Herman, Heidi; Herman, \u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir (July 19, 2017). Homestyle Icelandic Cooking for American Kitchens. Hekla Publishing. p.\u00a082. ASIN\u00a0B074412T18.\u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman (April 3, 2017). Viking Kids Don’t Cry. Hekla Publishing. p.\u00a0152. ISBN\u00a09780998281681.\u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman (July 17, 2016). The Silver Arrow. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p.\u00a0118. ISBN\u00a09781535203623.\u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman (2014). Trolls – Monster Worm – Hidden People: Fond Memories of Iceland. Outskirts Press. p.\u00a0249. ISBN\u00a0978-1-4787-0008-1.References[edit]^ a b “Delbert Herman Obituary – Bloomington, IL”. Peoria Journal Star. March 1\u20132, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ a b c d Michael Smothers (January 16, 2017). “Morton stroke survivor offers sage advice”. Journal Star. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ a b c d e f “\u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman”. The Hawk Eye. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.^ a b “Viking Kids Don’t Cry, By \u00cdeda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman | Dedicated Review”. The Children’s Book Review. June 16, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ a b c “Ieda Herman signs `Growing Up Viking` @ Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis”. Magers & Quinn. 21 May 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ “About Ieda Jonasdottir Herman, author of ‘Growing Up Viking’ and’Viking Kids Don’t Cry’“. Smashwords. 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ \u00cdeda J. Herman (2014). Trolls – Monster Worm – Hidden People: Fond Memories of Iceland. Outskirts Press. ISBN\u00a0978-1-4787-0008-1.^ a b “Interview with Ieda Herman Author of The Silver Arrow”. Young Adult Promo Central. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ a b “About”. Legendary Iceland. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ “91-year-old writes a cookbook of Icelandic recipes”. Iceland Monitor. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ Heidi Herman. “Speaker Topics”. heidiherman.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.^ a b Alexander Elliott (October 10, 2019). “Remembering \u00cdda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman”. R\u00daV. Retrieved October 11, 2019.^ “Aldrei of seint” [Never Too Late] (in Icelandic). R\u00daV. April 19, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.^ “\u00cdda J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman er l\u00e1tin” [Ida J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir Herman is deceased] (in Icelandic). R\u00daV. October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki43\/ieda-herman-wikipedia-2\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"\u00cdeda Herman – Wikipedia"}}]}]