This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VELD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WGB.2ACI/1589 Message Board Post: Former Choir Director Dies - Muskegon, Mich., Dr. Henry VELD, 80, retired director of the Augustana College choir in Rock Island, Ill., has died after a brief illness. VELD, who died Tuesday, retired from Augustana in 1966 after 37 years as choir director. From 1951 to 1963, VELD also conducted the Apollo Music Club of Chicago. Under his leadership the club held 24 concerts in conjunction with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. A native of South Holland, Ill., VELD lived in Shelby. He is survived by his widow, Alice; a son, Thomas J. VELD of Shelby, and six grandchildren. source: Kalamazoo Gazette Wed June 16, 1976 (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)