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OBITUARY:
March 15, 1924
THE BILLBOARD
LaVelle--Col. William A., 82, died Monday night, March 3, in the American Hospital, Chicago, of infirmities due to old age. Col LaVelle was a familiar figure in the show world and easily remembered owing to his flowing white hair, goatee, and certain peculiar tho becoming oddities of dress. Col. LaVelle was president of the National Indian League of America and a member of the Showman's League of America. In the sixties he was a member of different dramatic companies that played to the old McVictor(sic) Theater, Chicago, and played in some of the organizations headed by the old-time stars. In later years he went with the outdoor shows, was with the Young Buffalo Show for several seasons and also with the Sells Floto Circus. Col. LaVelle went to Australla in 1912 with a show and was away from this country for some time. The funeral was held March 6. In charge of the Showman's League, and was conducted by Col. Fred J. Owens, league chaplain. Flowers were sent by the league by Dr. Fechter, an old friend of the deceased; by several actors and others. There was a good attendance of the members of the league. No known relatives survive. Burial was held in Showman's League Rest, Woodlawn Cemetery, Chicago. The pallbearers were Walter S. ????, Sam Frankenstein, George A. Wright, Harry Daigle, Tony Perry and Peter Rogers.




The Billboard Chicago July 12, 1920
HENRIETTA ROSCH DIES AT HOME IN CHICAGO
WIDELY KNOWN PREMIER DANSEUSE PASSES AWAY AFTER ILLNESS OF 6 MONTHS OF KIDNEY TROUBLE--WAS BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY FROM DENMARK BY KIRALFY BROTHERS
Henriettaa Rosch, premier danseuse, and wife of Co. William A. LaVelle, died in her home, 18 E. Grand Avenue, Friday, July 9, after an illness of six months of kidney trouble.
Miss Rosch was 49 years old. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was brought to this country professionally by Kiralfy Brothers, in 1887 as a dancer. She first appeared in Chicago many years ago, in the old Chicago Opera House, with Dave Henderson's "Ali Baba" and other Henderson presentations, as a premier secondo. Miss Rosch later went to the Metropolitan in New York, as a ballet mistress and directress. For the last few years she had been with the Thearle-Duffield Fireworks Display Co.'s spectacles.
The funeral services were held Sunday, and the remains taken to the Woodlawn Crematory today. Miss Rosch was a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Showmen's League of America and had been married to Colonel Levelle 18 years.