Mary Alice Rothko (nee Beistle) was born Jan 3, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Morton James Beistle and Aldarilla Shipley. She died Wed. Aug 26, 1970 in New York City, NY and was buried in Knollwood Cemetery. She attended Skidmore College and became a commercial artist.
She married Mark Rothko who was 19 years older, than her and divorced. He was born Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) September 25, 1903 the youngest of 4 children of Jacob (Yakov) Rothkowitz a pharmacist.
Mark died February 25, 1970 age 66 in NY City when his son was age 6. Mark had been drinking and smoking heavily against doctors advice. He was found dead on his kitchen floor of an aneurysm. He was an abstract expressionist painter of some renoun. He immigrated to the US in 1913 to Portland, OR with his a with his mother and elder sister Sonia. He and attended Yale on a scholarship for 2 years. His first wife: Edith Sachar (1912–1981).
The executors of Mark's estate were found liable for negligence and conflict of interest, and with Marlborough Gallery, were required to pay $9.2 million in damages to the estate.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Kathy Lynn, Rothko, called "Kate" in honor of Rothko's mother, was born Dec 30, 1950 in NY City.
* Christopher Rothko born August 31, 1963
ALICE'S PARENTS: Morton James Beistle the son of J H Beistle and Alice E Snyder died suddenly April 16, 1943 at home, 3403 Bradford Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers in WW1, then married in Cleveland, June 8, 1919 Aldarilla Shipley, the daughter of James Jackson Shipley and N. Frances D. Jones. She died Feb 26, 1949 in Ohio.
ALICE'S SIBLINGS:
* Robert Morton Beistle born 1919, died Aug 12, 1939 at age 19, in an accident at Marietta, Ohio. Buried in Knollwood Cemetery
* Mrs Barbara Northrup born Feb 7, 1924 in OH, died Sept 28, 1989 age 65 at OSU Medical Ctr., Columbus, OH; attended 4 yrs of college; survived by her husband.
* Mrs Shirley Clima born 1928 in OH
Mary Alice's funeral was graveside at Knollwood Cemetery, S.O.M. Center, Tuesday (Sept 1, 1970?).
Sources: Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #6; Census Records; Social Security Applications and Claims Index' Ohio Death Records; Cuyahoga Co. OH Marriage Records; etc.
She married Mark Rothko who was 19 years older, than her and divorced. He was born Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) September 25, 1903 the youngest of 4 children of Jacob (Yakov) Rothkowitz a pharmacist.
Mark died February 25, 1970 age 66 in NY City when his son was age 6. Mark had been drinking and smoking heavily against doctors advice. He was found dead on his kitchen floor of an aneurysm. He was an abstract expressionist painter of some renoun. He immigrated to the US in 1913 to Portland, OR with his a with his mother and elder sister Sonia. He and attended Yale on a scholarship for 2 years. His first wife: Edith Sachar (1912–1981).
The executors of Mark's estate were found liable for negligence and conflict of interest, and with Marlborough Gallery, were required to pay $9.2 million in damages to the estate.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Kathy Lynn, Rothko, called "Kate" in honor of Rothko's mother, was born Dec 30, 1950 in NY City.
* Christopher Rothko born August 31, 1963
ALICE'S PARENTS: Morton James Beistle the son of J H Beistle and Alice E Snyder died suddenly April 16, 1943 at home, 3403 Bradford Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers in WW1, then married in Cleveland, June 8, 1919 Aldarilla Shipley, the daughter of James Jackson Shipley and N. Frances D. Jones. She died Feb 26, 1949 in Ohio.
ALICE'S SIBLINGS:
* Robert Morton Beistle born 1919, died Aug 12, 1939 at age 19, in an accident at Marietta, Ohio. Buried in Knollwood Cemetery
* Mrs Barbara Northrup born Feb 7, 1924 in OH, died Sept 28, 1989 age 65 at OSU Medical Ctr., Columbus, OH; attended 4 yrs of college; survived by her husband.
* Mrs Shirley Clima born 1928 in OH
Mary Alice's funeral was graveside at Knollwood Cemetery, S.O.M. Center, Tuesday (Sept 1, 1970?).
Sources: Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #6; Census Records; Social Security Applications and Claims Index' Ohio Death Records; Cuyahoga Co. OH Marriage Records; etc.
Mary Alice Rothko (nee Beistle) was born Jan 3, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Morton James Beistle and Aldarilla Shipley. She died Wed. Aug 26, 1970 in New York City, NY and was buried in Knollwood Cemetery. She attended Skidmore College and became a commercial artist.
She married Mark Rothko who was 19 years older, than her and divorced. He was born Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) September 25, 1903 the youngest of 4 children of Jacob (Yakov) Rothkowitz a pharmacist.
Mark died February 25, 1970 age 66 in NY City when his son was age 6. Mark had been drinking and smoking heavily against doctors advice. He was found dead on his kitchen floor of an aneurysm. He was an abstract expressionist painter of some renoun. He immigrated to the US in 1913 to Portland, OR with his a with his mother and elder sister Sonia. He and attended Yale on a scholarship for 2 years. His first wife: Edith Sachar (1912–1981).
The executors of Mark's estate were found liable for negligence and conflict of interest, and with Marlborough Gallery, were required to pay $9.2 million in damages to the estate.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Kathy Lynn, Rothko, called "Kate" in honor of Rothko's mother, was born Dec 30, 1950 in NY City.
* Christopher Rothko born August 31, 1963
ALICE'S PARENTS: Morton James Beistle the son of J H Beistle and Alice E Snyder died suddenly April 16, 1943 at home, 3403 Bradford Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers in WW1, then married in Cleveland, June 8, 1919 Aldarilla Shipley, the daughter of James Jackson Shipley and N. Frances D. Jones. She died Feb 26, 1949 in Ohio.
ALICE'S SIBLINGS:
* Robert Morton Beistle born 1919, died Aug 12, 1939 at age 19, in an accident at Marietta, Ohio. Buried in Knollwood Cemetery
* Mrs Barbara Northrup born Feb 7, 1924 in OH, died Sept 28, 1989 age 65 at OSU Medical Ctr., Columbus, OH; attended 4 yrs of college; survived by her husband.
* Mrs Shirley Clima born 1928 in OH
Mary Alice's funeral was graveside at Knollwood Cemetery, S.O.M. Center, Tuesday (Sept 1, 1970?).
Sources: Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #6; Census Records; Social Security Applications and Claims Index' Ohio Death Records; Cuyahoga Co. OH Marriage Records; etc.
She married Mark Rothko who was 19 years older, than her and divorced. He was born Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) September 25, 1903 the youngest of 4 children of Jacob (Yakov) Rothkowitz a pharmacist.
Mark died February 25, 1970 age 66 in NY City when his son was age 6. Mark had been drinking and smoking heavily against doctors advice. He was found dead on his kitchen floor of an aneurysm. He was an abstract expressionist painter of some renoun. He immigrated to the US in 1913 to Portland, OR with his a with his mother and elder sister Sonia. He and attended Yale on a scholarship for 2 years. His first wife: Edith Sachar (1912–1981).
The executors of Mark's estate were found liable for negligence and conflict of interest, and with Marlborough Gallery, were required to pay $9.2 million in damages to the estate.
THEIR CHILDREN:
* Kathy Lynn, Rothko, called "Kate" in honor of Rothko's mother, was born Dec 30, 1950 in NY City.
* Christopher Rothko born August 31, 1963
ALICE'S PARENTS: Morton James Beistle the son of J H Beistle and Alice E Snyder died suddenly April 16, 1943 at home, 3403 Bradford Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers in WW1, then married in Cleveland, June 8, 1919 Aldarilla Shipley, the daughter of James Jackson Shipley and N. Frances D. Jones. She died Feb 26, 1949 in Ohio.
ALICE'S SIBLINGS:
* Robert Morton Beistle born 1919, died Aug 12, 1939 at age 19, in an accident at Marietta, Ohio. Buried in Knollwood Cemetery
* Mrs Barbara Northrup born Feb 7, 1924 in OH, died Sept 28, 1989 age 65 at OSU Medical Ctr., Columbus, OH; attended 4 yrs of college; survived by her husband.
* Mrs Shirley Clima born 1928 in OH
Mary Alice's funeral was graveside at Knollwood Cemetery, S.O.M. Center, Tuesday (Sept 1, 1970?).
Sources: Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #6; Census Records; Social Security Applications and Claims Index' Ohio Death Records; Cuyahoga Co. OH Marriage Records; etc.
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