Edwin Laas was born on August 30, 1906 in Toledo, Ohio and he was the first child of John, Jr. and Emma (Ullrich) Laas.

He was a 1925 graduate of Woodward High School in Toledo.

Edwin married to Alice Curran and they had two children.

  1. William Laas
  2. Marian (Laas) Thompson

In January, 1980, he died at the age of 73 in Toledo.