Caroline Elizabeth (Laas) Brown was born December 5, 1910 in Toledo, Ohio as the daughter of John Christian and Emma (Ullrich) Brown.

On November 17, 1928, she married William Robert Brown who was born on May 27, 1909 also in Toledo.

They lived on Buckingham Street in Toledo in the 1940s and on Pickle Road in Oregon, Ohio at the time of the 1950 census.

William died at the age of 73 on May 4, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona. Caroline passed away on July 18, 2010 at the age of 99 in Perrysburg, Ohio.

The Browns had two children:

  1. Alton Lewis Brown

  2. Arlene Joyce Leidel

I don't ever recall having a discussion with Caroline at any of the many Heiden Family Reunions that she and her husband, Bill attended. Bill often took films of the events but I don't know where they are today. From the pictures that I have of her with her cousins in the early days, she seemed to be a "life of the party" type of person. She always has a smile on her face. While compiling information for the 1995 Heiden Family book, she sent information and pictures to be included.