William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden had thirteen children, all of whom lived to adulthood. Eleven of them went on to have children resulting in 38 grandchildren for William and Mary. Those grandchildren went on to produce 84 great grandchildren.

Two of the grandchildren, Dale Arthur, son of Lester and Lila (Viets) Heiden and an unnamed boy, son of Arthur and Mildred (Roggerman) Heiden did not survive to adulthood.

The grandchildren were born over a span of nearly 40 years from 1919 to 1958. Walter Berns was the oldest of this generation and Gail Baker is the youngest of the 38.

Doris Althoff* Gail Baker Lavern Berns Walter Berns John Bicking Donna Burge
Janice Clark Kay Dushane Gary Fuller Verdell Giebel Sally Guy Marilyn Glubke
Dale Arthur Heiden David Heiden, Sr. Gene Heiden Harold Heiden James William Heiden Ralph Heiden
Richard Carl Heiden Robert Heiden Roger Heiden, Sr. Ronald Edward Heiden Velda Heiden Dianne Houpt
Arlene Johnson Patricia Klass Eva McCarthy Linda Miller Larry Nickel Mary Lou Opfermann
Laura Shoemaker Cheryl Stevens Sharon Sunderland Carol Toburen William Tommelein Dennis Tommelein
Joyce Wittman Baby Boy of Arthur & Mildred Heiden  

* Doris Althoff was an adopted grandchild