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William
Leo "Bill" Heiden was born September 10, 1903 near Ida,
Michigan. He lived with his parents,
Heinrich and Emma (Stock) Heiden on
their farm at
8420 Dixon Road.
 It was there that he met Alice Brossia who lived about a mile or so east on
Dixon Road. They
attended Bridge School together and later got married on June
30, 1926. Alice was born July 27, 1908 and died at the age of 92
in Leesburg, Florida on March 28, 2001.
Bill worked at Monroe Auto Equipment between 1932 and 1944.
Then, he moved to Deerfield, Michigan in Lenawee County and
became a self-employed trucker. While in Deerfield, they lived
at 222 Elm Street.
On March 9, 1977, Bill died at the age of 73 at Emma Bixby Hospital in Adrian,
Michigan. The cause was listed as the effects of a broken hip.
He was buried in Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania, Ohio.
Bill and Alice had three children.
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  At the wedding, Alice wore a pink satin dress.
Their attendants were Paul Brossia (Alice’s brother) and
Dorothy (Heiden) Strzesinski. The reception was
held at the home of Fred and Mary Brossia, Alice’s mother and father.
They lived near Bridge School
at 7900 Dixon Road
at the "Brossia Family Farm"One
of Uncle Bill’s birthdays (must have been September, 1 963) they had a hobo
dinner and we went over there. My son, Wayne, celebrated his first birthday the
day before (September 9) and Shirley talked me into letting Wayne have his own
birthday cake. She said she would clean him up, so I let have her fun and Wayne
didn’t disappoint her, he was cake from top to toe, but she cleaned him up.
Ted (Strzesinski) remembers Uncle Bill for the times he
would go to the grain elevator with him and he always had to wash the side of
the truck off before he got in because it was thick with the tobacco juice.
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There
were 3 William Heidens in
the early generations. To differentiate among them, we will include
their middle names. 
