Listed here are the major milestones or personal events that occurred during the life of Helma (Heiden) Nickel and other closely related family members. This includes the dates of birth, marriage and death along with the places of residence over the years. Events are noted for this person and his or her spouse and children.
0-18 25 June 1910 8861 Dixon Road, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan. She was the seventh of the thirteen children of William Carl and Mary (Rambow) Heiden .Helma was the first child born at this farm.
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1923

Completed 8th grade at Bridge School, Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
18-28 1928-1938? 2491 Geiger Road, Ida Michigan. with her sister, Mildred Eipperle and her husband, John. They all worked at River Raisin Paper at the time.
20 Still living at 2491 Geiger Road, Ida Michigan. with her sister, Mildred, and her husband, John Eipperle.
28 30 July 1938 Helma married Herbert Christ Nickel in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
28-87 1938-1998 1258 Lewis Avenue, Ida, Monroe County, Michigan. with her husband, Herbert Nickel. This was a house built on the south end of the farm owned by Herb's parents. It is where their son, Larry, was born in 1943 and continued to live until his death in 2024.
29 17 Mar 1939 Mildred (Heiden) Eipperle died due to the complications of a kidney ailment at the age of 30 in Monroe Hospital, Monroe, Michigan.
33 12 Oct 1943 Larry Herbert Nickel was born in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan.
53 11 June 1963 Mary (Rambow) Heiden died at the age of 85 at her home in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
56 31 Jan 1967 William Carl Heiden died at the age of 92 at his home in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
61 23 July 1972 Carl Heiden died at the age of 71 in Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Michigan.
62 31 Mar 1973 Larry Herbert Nickel and Elizabeth Maureen Dougherty were married in Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan.
67 13 June 1978 Hilda (Heiden) Fuller died at the age of 71 in Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green, Ohio while on a vacation trip.
68 12 Sep 1979 Leo Heiden died at the age of 77 at home in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.
74 20 June 1985 Arthur Henry Heiden died at the age of 72 in University of Michigan. Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
77 18 Dec 1988 Edna (Heiden) Berns died at the age of 90 while residing at 501 Rawson Street in Dundee, Michigan.
80 17 Sep 1990 Herbert Christ Nickel died in Ida, Monroe County, Michigan. at the age of 82.
82 11 Aug 1992 Lester Heiden died at the age of 87 in Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Michigan.
86 16 Apr 1996 Helen Esther Heiden died at the age of 76 in Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Michigan.
87 2 Feb 1998 St Vincent Hospital, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
5 Feb 1998 Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle Township, Monroe County, Michigan.