Jasper County, Missouri Obituaries - Otto KRAUSE Joplin News Herald (defunct), Joplin, Mo. January 23, 1939 **************** HUSBAND OF SINGER DIES IN NEW YORK Saranac Lake, N.Y., Jan. 23 - (AP) Otto Krause, husband of Lotte Lehmann, concert soprano, died here yesterday of tuberculosis while his wife was speeding from the west coast to his bedside. He was 55 years old. The opera singer had boarded a train at Spokane, Wash., after cutting short a western concert tour when she learned her husband's condition was very poor. She was in Toledo, O., when notified of his death. Krause, who married Miss Lehmann April 28, 1926, was a retired Austrian army officer and had been a patient here since last July. In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Peter, Ludwig, Hans and Manon Krause. Peter and Ludwig were at his bedside when he died. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sheri Kennedy ====================================================================