Gertrude F. Baer (1922 - 2001)

Born 14 Jul 1922 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

Died 21 Mar 2001 at age 78 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Gertrude was the daughter of Charles Baer and Helen Goldfarb.

Gertrude, known as "Trudy" to her friends and family, was an accomplished pianist. She performed in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky as a child. She taught music in the public school system as well as private lessons for most of her life. She also performed with the Louisville Symphony Orchestra. As a young adult, she adopted the stage name Verina. She went to New York City to seek her fame and fortune. In New York, she had a brief career on Broadway before going to work for the Manhattan Savings Bank at their Vanderbilt and Park Avenue branches, where for many decades she played a beautifully sounding Steinway in the bank's lobby. She leaves a legacy of her creative works in the archives at the University of Kentucky, Louisville Kentucky.

Sources

Kentucky Vital Records Indexes 1911-1999 birth record for Gertrude F. Baer

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHR-HCRH

1950 United States Census Record shows Gertrude, age 27, living in Louisville Kentucky with her widowed mother Helen and her sister Rebecca.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F77-RJJ2

Obituary New York Times March 26, 2001 Late Edition; final page 6.

• Find a grave Cedar Park Cemetery Paramus New Jersey Find A Grave: Memorial #80685959

Photograph provided by nephew, Charles Rosenberg.