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Martha Baird Rockefeller died from a coronary occlusion at the age of 75 on January 24, 1971, at her home at 740 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Following private funeral services, she was laid to rest at the Rockefeller Family Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York. [8]
Martha Baird Rockefeller, the second wife and widow of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (JDR Jr.), was a world-class classical pianist in the 1920s who gave concerts throughout the United States and Europe. Martha was born on March 15, 1895, in Madera, California, the second child of William F. Baird, a coal operator and merchant, and Mina A. Smith, a ...
Born in 1895, Martha Baird Rockefeller studied piano with Artur Schnabel, and performed in recitals and as a solo pianist before retiring in 1931. Twenty years later, she married John D. Rockefeller, Jr., scion of the wealthy Rockefeller family, and after his death in 1960 inherited a considerable amount of money.
May 6, 2020 · The bride was Martha Baird, widow of Arthur M. Allen, a Providence lawyer who had graduated with Rockefeller from Brown University in 1897. She was an established concert pianist, having performed throughout the United States and Europe. It was this claim to fame, which had placed her in the same social circles as Allen and Rockefeller.
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Jan 25, 1971 · Mrs. Martha Baird Rockefel ler, widow of John D. Rocke feller Jr. and stepmother of Governor Rockefeller, died of a coronary occlusion at her home, 740 Park Avenue. She was 75 years old.
Rockefeller, Martha Baird. Rockefeller, Martha Baird , American pianist and music patroness; b. Madera, Calif., March 15, 1895; d. N.Y., Jan. 24, 1971. She studied at Occidental Coll. in Los Angeles and the New England Cons. of Music in Boston (graduated, 1917); received instruction in piano from Schnabel in Berlin. After touring with Dame ...
Martha Baird Rockefeller Birth 15 Mar 1895. Madera, Madera County, California, USA Death 24 Jan 1971 (aged 75) Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA Burial.
