Mildred (Roggerman) Heiden - Ask Ralph why he liked to work for Herb bailing hay and straw in the summers.

Ralph Heiden - For Helma’s great meals! She would put out a wonderful spread every day at noon when we would come in from the field.

Norma "Jeanie" Heiden - Helma was the best cook!

Mary Lou (Heiden) Opfermann - She taught me how to clean house.

Norma "Jeanie" Heiden - I stayed with her one summer when Larry was little. She taught me how to cook and how to make good gravy.

Helma (Heiden) Nickel - Well, I learned how to cook and clean at home. I used to help Ma a lot. Of course, when Jeanie was born, I was 17 years old and I was practically her mother. Ma had a heart problem by then and had to take it easier. That’s the reason Jeanie was the only one of the thirteen kids that was born in the hospital. She was six weeks early and Ma was weak afterwards for a while. Jeanie was delivered by Dr. Douglas in St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo.

Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - Is that what she had, I thought it had something to do with her kidneys.

Helma (Heiden) Nickel - No, it was her heart.