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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Clayton Harold Veen: Birth: 8 MAY 1921 in Sioux Center, Iowa. Death: 14 APR 1993 in Michigan

  2. Florence Kathleen Veen: Birth: 27 JUN 1924 in Sioux Center, Iowa, USA. Death: 13 JUN 2001 in Hudsonville, Michigan, USA

  3. Elmer John Veen: Birth: 12 MAR 1927 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Death: 4 JUN 2018 in East Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Notes
a. Note:   An earlier occupation for Albert Veen was as a Colonial Bread truck driver, but he would be best remembered as the first missionary and evangelist at the Buckley St. Back to God Chapel at 100 Buckley St., S.E., in Grand Rapids, Michigan from Sept. 1, 1949 until 1962. The chapel was a neighborhood evangelization project of The First Christian Reformed and Neland Ave. Christian Reformed Church. The chapel organized as Grace Christian Reformed in 1962, and renamed Washington Memorial Chapel in honor of Henry Wellington Washington who Albert helped lead to the Lord.
  More information in The Banner, Sept. 23, 1995, pages 20-23; and in A History of The Buckley St. Back to God Chapel, reprinted from the Centennial Book of the First Christian Reformed Church (with added notes) 1857 - 1957 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  1917 GR City Directory: Boarding @ 701 Lynch (with father). Jan. 1919: 1201 S. Division (from letter from Hattie) 1920 US Census, Iowa, Sioux Cty., Plato Twp. has him boarding with John & Flora Janson. 1926 Grand Rapids City Directory- Albert, salesman, Fuller Brush Co., res 645 Griggs (with William Wiebenga) 1927 GR Directory- 654 Crofton SW. 1928 GR Directory- 1518 Roosevelt Ave., SW. 1932 Grand Rapids city directory has him working for Klise Mfg. Co. Home address- 1019 Grandville Ave., S.W. (Downstairs). Upstairs was John J. & Alida Jansen. 1936 GR Directory- 1019 Grandville Ave., SW machine operator @ Klise Mfg. 1937 GR Directory- 1001 Norwich Ave., SW.
  1940 U.S. Census, Michigan, Kent Cty., Grand Rapids, SD5, ED 86-129, Ward 3, Block 495, 1001 Norwich Ave.- Albert Veen, age 40, b. Michigan, machine carver; Hattie, 40, b. Michigan; Clayton H., 18, b. Iowa, molding packer; Florence K., 15, b. Iowa; Elmer J., 13, b. Michigan; Donald E., 10, b. Michigan; June E., 8, b. Michigan. Was in same house 1 Apr 1935.
  6/10/1941 family was living at 1001 Norwich Ave., S.W. (From Florence's Application for National Youth Administration for employment). Address at time of his death was 1954 Collins Ave., S.E. Before that on Watkins St., S.E.
  Reverends Isaac (Ike) Apol & Elton Holtrop officiated at funeral service.

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