Mildred Dorothea Henrietta (Heiden) Eipperle was the sixth child and third daughter of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden. She was born on Wednesday, August 5, 1908 at the family home at the "Albright" farm which was then located on South Custer Road near where Dixon Road ends. 

She attended nearby King School and then Bridge School through the eighth grade after the family moved to 8861 Dixon Road.

Mildred married John Edwin Eipperle on September 4, 1928 in a ceremony at the family home on Dixon Road. They went to Niagara Falls for a honeymoon.

They had one daughter, Sally Ann Guy.

Mildred worked at River Raisin Paper Company in Monroe. She enjoyed embroidery and making scarves and baby spreads. Her daughter, Sally, says that she must have been a good dancer because she remembers seeing a huge black vase which was won in a marathon dance contest at Edgewater during the Great Depression.

John was a truck driver for Detroit-Pittsburgh Motor Freight and owned Ida Tile Co. in Ida. He was born Saturday, March 9, 1907 at his family’s home in LaSalle Township, Monroe County.

Mildred died on Friday, March 17, 1939 at only 30 years of age due to the complications of a kidney ailment. Death came after a short illness at Monroe Hospital.

According to her obituary, funeral services were held both at her home and at St. Matthew Lutheran Church. She is buried at the  St Matthew cemetery.

John Eipperle died of a heart attack at the age of 55. He was stricken on Saturday, September 29, 1962 while visiting friends and succumbed at Riverside Osteopathic Hospital in Trenton, Michigan.

Mildred died 9 years before I was born so she was the only one of my 13 aunts and uncles that I did not get to know. My parents continued to see John and his second wife, Jeannette, to play cards and have a good time. John was a fun loving, happy go lucky kind of guy.

Once they invited us to their house on Doty Road for dinner. My parents were quite surprised to find that it was one of those sales parties for kitchen accessories or something. In the end, we all had fun anyway.

Mildred and John had one grandchild.

At this time, Wm Carl (36) and Mary (32) were living at 8861 Dixon Road which they had purchased on April 1, 1909. Their children included Edna (11), Carl (9), Leo (7), Lester (5), Hilda (3) and Mildred (1).

Note: At that time, Dixon Road was called River Road.

Wm Carl (46) and Mary (42) lived at the same farm with children Carl (19), Leo (17), Lester (15), Hilda (13), Mildred (11), Helma (9), Arthur (7), Marie (5), Wm Frank (2) and Helen Esther (<1).
This census shows Wm Carl (56), Mary (59), Carl (29), Marie (15), Wm Frank (12), Helen Esther (10), Wilma (7) and Norma Jean (2) living at the home farm. Wm Carl is shown as a carpenter.

Mildred (22) and her husband, John Eipperle were listed as living at 2491 Geiger Road, Ida, Michigan. Mildred's sister, Helma (19) was shown as living with them and working as a stitcher with a paper company.

Note: Norma was the last child and the first one born in a hospital. Her birth state is listed as Ohio.

Living at the home farm were Wm Carl (56), Mary (52), Marie (24), Helen Esther (20), Wilma (17) and Norma (12). Wm Frank (22) and his wife, Helen (20) also lived their with their first child, Carol (1).

Following the death of Mildred in 1939 at the age of 31, her husband John Eipperle and daughter Sally came to live in the house also.

Wm Carl and Mary are both listed as having completed the 8th grade. Marie was a barmaid who made $364 in the previous year. Helen Esther was an unpaid family house worker. John Eipperle who had completed 8th grad was a truck driver making an annual salary of $1,000. Wm Frank who also completed 8th grade was "working on his own account" and made $480 in 1939.
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