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 William Laas
was born about 1883 in Monroe, Michigan and was the proprietor
of a hotel and parking garage in Houston, Texas. He was the son of
Johann and Dorothea (Roggelin) Laas
and the second cousin of
Rika (Knaack)
Heiden, wife of August.
He was married to Clara who was born
April 4, 1889 in Mississippi. She worked as a waitress. Clara died
April 22, 1974 in Harris County, Texas. They lived at 919 Dallas Ave
in Houston.
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 in
the pre-expressway era before 1960s, it would have been a
very long drive from Texas to Michigan. Yet, William Laas
and his wife often made the trip to be at the annual
Heiden reunions.
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  Mary Lou Opfermann,
Agnes
Heiden,
Karen Wheaton,
Joann Kimlin &
Dianne Houpt |
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Gail Baker, Drew Berns,
Madelyn Berns, Veronica Berns,
Wilma Bicking, Myrna Bishop, Marilyn Burgard,
Bertha Drake, Kay Dushane, Elaine Eichbauer,
Monita Fergus,
Harold Heiden,
Mildred Heiden,
Norma Heiden, Ronald Edward Heiden,
Wm Frank and Helen Heiden,
Pat Klass,
Helma Nickel, Peter Opfermann,
Caroline
Rambow, Jane Root,
Pastor Don Thomas,
Marie & Brick Tommelein, Gwen White, Jeff Wittman and
Joyce Wittman. |
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