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Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (1861-1936)
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1936 Nov 25 p. 1
Birth date: 1861
text of obituary:
SINGER OF TWO CONTINENTS CALLED BY DEATH
The mellow voice of Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, for three generations acclaimed by music lovers was stilled in California Wednesday — halted by death in her seventy-fifth year.
As she had desired, her children and two grandchildren were at the bedside when the contralto slipped from coma into death.