Circa 1970 Helma (Laas-Gloff) Brakenberry, Lena (Heiden) Koster and Alice (Laas) Berlin Lena is the daughter of August and Rika (Knaack) Heiden. Helma and Alice were sisters  and the daughters of Herman Laas. Herman's mother, Dorothea (Regelin) Laas was a cousin of Lena's mother, Rika (Knaack) Heiden.