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 [Looking at some old pictures of the
Heiden Family Reunion and family
gatherings. Click on the picture to the left for a larger version
with caption. ]
Mary Lou (Heiden) Opfermann
- Is that you in the back row there at the reunion, Brick?
Brick Tommelein - I don’t know. I only remember one time going to the reunion.
Ralph Heiden - That picture was taken over at the
Grange Hall sometime in
the late 40's.
 Marie (Heiden) Tommelein - Yes, I can see Pa
(Wm Carl Heiden right) there and I recognize a lot of these other
people but I can’t tell if that is you or not.
Helen (Henning) Heiden - I have a couple of albums with some old pictures. Maybe you
already have them all.
Ralph Heiden - You never know. I’d like to take a look at them.
Marie (Heiden) Tommelein - The caption under this picture says that’s
Libbie and me
sitting on grandma Heiden’s lap.
Mary Lou (Heiden) Opfermann - We can spot you in all these pictures because you had
that short, blond hair, Marie.
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[Reading through the minutes of the
Heiden Family Reunion.]
 Brick Tommelein - Look at this, 16 gallons of beer, 250 ice cream cones, 7½
gallons of ice cream. All this stuff for the reunion and it only
cost 25 dollars!
William Frank Heiden - That ice cream was something else. It was really good.
They put it in those great big insulated boxes.
Mary Lou (Heiden) Opfermann - We had lemonade in those big crocks too.
Ralph Heiden - The first few years, they debated on whether to have
everyone bring their own food and drink.
Brick Tommelein - That was 1938, William.
Dianne (Heiden) Houpt - Did anyone take minutes of this year’s reunion?
Ralph Heiden - I wrote a few notes up and called it the 59th reunion
although technically it’s the 58th. The one in 1959 was “postponed”
but they gave it a number anyway.
All the minutes from the old reunions will be in the final book.
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[Looking at old family reunion pictures
from the 1920's]
 Brick Tommelein -
Mother
(Mary) Heiden (right) was a tall woman. It didn’t seem like it at
the time but when you look at her in these pictures, she seems quite
tall.
Mary Lou (Heiden) Opfermann - All the
Rambows were big people.
Ralph Heiden - In this one old picture that guy with the hat and string tie
looks like he just got back from the wild west.
Helen (Henning) Heiden - He looks like Wyatt Earp!
Ralph Heiden - This was about 1921 or so, I think.
William Frank Heiden - Maybe that was old
Bill Laas from Texas. He might look
like that.
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 Over
the years, we have also received written memories and
remembrances about this person or topic from various family
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| Verdell (Heiden) Geibel |
July
4th was the date of the Heiden Reunions which took place at the
Grange Hall on North Custer Road for many years. Relatives came
from Up North, Texas, Ohio, etc. It started with a buffet at
noon and I never saw so much food. In the afternoon, they had
games for the small children, ball game for the adults and card
games and visiting for the women under the shade trees. I can
never remember it raining on the July 4th during the event. |
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Pictured
is what was called a cassette tape back in pre-digital
times.
Wilma (Heiden) Bicking -
Helma (Heiden) Nickel & Wilma (Heiden) Bicking - The people from Toledo got the reunions started. The
Wilma, Jeanie, Wm Frank, Helma & Marie were
children of 
