On Thursday, September 28, 1922, Wilma Lois (Heiden) Bicking was born at the family home on Dixon Road. She was the twelfth child and seventh daughter of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden.

Wilma attended Bridge School through the 8th grade and won the Monroe County spelling bee in 1935 and 1936. She was the first of the Heiden children to attend high school and graduated 3rd in the Class of 1940 from Dundee High School.

After graduation, Wilma moved to Detroit and lived at the YWCA while working for Ford Motor Company. She was quite a fan of the Detroit Red Wings during her time in Detroit.

On November 9, 1946, she became the bride of William Arthur Bicking of Monroe. They three children.

After raising her children, Wilma returned to the workforce as Assistant Deputy County Treasurer for Monroe County where she worked 13½ years before retiring in 1982.

William Bicking was born on Friday, April 27, 1923 at the family home at 538 Godfroy Ave. in Monroe. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1941 and served as a Navy Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class during World War II. He worked for the Ford Motor Co. for over 30 years as a Waste & Water Treatment Operator.

Bill was a member of the VFW Post 1138 in Monroe and enjoyed calling Bingo numbers on Friday nights at the VFW hall. He was an avid fisherman and loved to fish for walleyes on Lake Erie at every opportunity.

On Wednesday, November 7, 1990, Bill suffered a heart attack while putting his boat away for the winter. He was pronounced dead at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe. He was 67 years of age. Burial took place at the Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle, Michigan.

On July 11, 2005, Wilma passed away at the age of 82 in Monroe. She is also buried at Roselawn Memorial Park.

 
Wilma and Bill had 8 grandchildren.

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.

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.
Wilma (28) and her husband, William "Bill" Bicking were listed as living in an apartment at 811 South Street in Monroe, Michigan.
Wilma (Heiden) Bicking * * * & Monroe, MI