Carolyn Cone Baldwin, 55, a noted concert pianist, and her husband, Lieutenant Commander James W. Baldwin, 58, a decorated U.S. Navy veteran, were killed in a four car crash half a mile west of the toll plaza on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Baldwins were hit head on when a car careened over the center line after sideswiping another vehicle. They were then plowed into by another car from behind that was unable to stop. The Baldwins lived at 58 Palm Avenue, San Francisco, and were returning home after visiting their daughter, Carolyn Schlesinger, and her husband, Alex Schlesinger, in Berkeley. The accident occurred at 12:50am on December 28, 1946. Mrs. Baldwin died at 2:34am and Mr. Baldwin died about an hour later.
Carolyn Cone was born on June 10, 1896, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Henry and Frances (Breitenbach) Cone. Carolyn Cone Baldwin was a renowned concert pianist from the 1920s until the time of her death. She was a highly acclaimed master interpreter of many classical composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, and others, as well as a capable performer of modern music of the day. She regularly played with major symphony orchestras in cities across the country and around the globe. She was scheduled to play a concert with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra on January 19, 1946. Other musicians played in her honor and dedicated the performance to her.
Carolyn and James were married on May 2, 1917, in New York City.
Double funerals were performed for the Baldwins on December 30, 1946, at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.
Author: Jeremy Edward Shiok ([email protected]). Sources: available upon request. Date: 01/20/19.
Carolyn Cone was born on June 10, 1896, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Henry and Frances (Breitenbach) Cone. Carolyn Cone Baldwin was a renowned concert pianist from the 1920s until the time of her death. She was a highly acclaimed master interpreter of many classical composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, and others, as well as a capable performer of modern music of the day. She regularly played with major symphony orchestras in cities across the country and around the globe. She was scheduled to play a concert with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra on January 19, 1946. Other musicians played in her honor and dedicated the performance to her.
Carolyn and James were married on May 2, 1917, in New York City.
Double funerals were performed for the Baldwins on December 30, 1946, at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.
Author: Jeremy Edward Shiok ([email protected]). Sources: available upon request. Date: 01/20/19.
Carolyn Cone Baldwin, 55, a noted concert pianist, and her husband, Lieutenant Commander James W. Baldwin, 58, a decorated U.S. Navy veteran, were killed in a four car crash half a mile west of the toll plaza on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Baldwins were hit head on when a car careened over the center line after sideswiping another vehicle. They were then plowed into by another car from behind that was unable to stop. The Baldwins lived at 58 Palm Avenue, San Francisco, and were returning home after visiting their daughter, Carolyn Schlesinger, and her husband, Alex Schlesinger, in Berkeley. The accident occurred at 12:50am on December 28, 1946. Mrs. Baldwin died at 2:34am and Mr. Baldwin died about an hour later.
Carolyn Cone was born on June 10, 1896, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Henry and Frances (Breitenbach) Cone. Carolyn Cone Baldwin was a renowned concert pianist from the 1920s until the time of her death. She was a highly acclaimed master interpreter of many classical composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, and others, as well as a capable performer of modern music of the day. She regularly played with major symphony orchestras in cities across the country and around the globe. She was scheduled to play a concert with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra on January 19, 1946. Other musicians played in her honor and dedicated the performance to her.
Carolyn and James were married on May 2, 1917, in New York City.
Double funerals were performed for the Baldwins on December 30, 1946, at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.
Author: Jeremy Edward Shiok ([email protected]). Sources: available upon request. Date: 01/20/19.
Carolyn Cone was born on June 10, 1896, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Henry and Frances (Breitenbach) Cone. Carolyn Cone Baldwin was a renowned concert pianist from the 1920s until the time of her death. She was a highly acclaimed master interpreter of many classical composers, including Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, and others, as well as a capable performer of modern music of the day. She regularly played with major symphony orchestras in cities across the country and around the globe. She was scheduled to play a concert with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra on January 19, 1946. Other musicians played in her honor and dedicated the performance to her.
Carolyn and James were married on May 2, 1917, in New York City.
Double funerals were performed for the Baldwins on December 30, 1946, at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.
Author: Jeremy Edward Shiok ([email protected]). Sources: available upon request. Date: 01/20/19.
