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Waltraud R Blomstedt 1928 - 2003

Waltraud R Blomstedt was born on December 2, 1928 in Hamburg, HH Germany, and died at age 74 years old on February 8, 2003 in Lucerne, Lucerne District County, LU Switzerland.

Waltraud R Blomstedt
Waltraud Regina Blomstedt, Waltraud Regina Petersen
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December 2, 1928
Hamburg, HH, Germany
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February 8, 2003
Lucerne, Lucerne District County, LU, Switzerland
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  • Introduction

    Waltraud's mother was Signe M Johansson and her father was Terkel A Petersen. She had a sister, Ursula. She was born in Germany, her father was Swedish, and she had lived in Bern, Switzerland and in Maryland, US. She was married to Herbert Blomstedt, a respected conductor, and they had 4 daughters. Mrs. Blomstedt was a gifted linguist and had a degree in musicology. Her primary occupation was being a mother, but she occasionally taught German and French. Waltraud was once quoted as saying "I am not that career-minded," she went on to say. "I think many women would envy me. With my husband away so much, I have had to make my own life. I can do what I want." An obituary from SF Gate can be seen here Waltraud R Blomstedt: Obituary
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    1928

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    December 2, 1928
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    Hamburg, HH Germany
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Waltraud was Caucasian. She was of Swedish heritage on her maternal and paternal sides: her father was Swedish.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Waltraud was born in Hamburg, Germany and later lived in Bern, Switzerland, as well as Maryland, United States. She traveled extensively. She also spent considerable time in San Francisco, where her husband Herbert Blomstedt served as the former music director of the San Francisco Symphony.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Waltraud was a devout Seventh-Day Adventist who was very active in the church in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

  • Professional Career

    Mrs. Blomstedt was a gifted linguist and also had a degree in musicology. Her primary occupation was being a mother and homemaker, but she occasionally taught German and French.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Waltraud married Herbert Blomstedt, a respected conductor, and they had 4 daughters. She was survived by six grandchildren. An independent woman, Waltraud was once quoted as saying: "I am not that career-minded," and she went on to say. "I think many women would envy me. With my husband away so much, I have had to make my own life. I can do what I want."
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    February 8, 2003
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    Lucerne, Lucerne District County, LU Switzerland
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  • Obituary

    WALTRAUD BLOMSTEDT / Wife of ex-director of S.F. Symphony by Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic Feb. 12, 2003 Waltraud Blomstedt, the wife of former San Francisco Symphony music director Herbert Blomstedt, died Saturday at her home in Lucerne, Switzerland, after a long illness. She was 74. Although Mrs. Blomstedt was a gifted linguist with a degree in musicology who occasionally taught German and French, her main occupation was as a mother, homemaker and helpmeet to her husband, who retains the position of conductor laureate. "I am not that career-minded," she once said. "I think many women would envy me. With my husband away so much, I have had to make my own life. I can do what I want." Like her husband, Mrs. Blomstedt was also a devout Seventh-Day Adventist and was active in the church, both in the Bay Area and abroad. Because of their shared faith, she said, she never worried about other women when her husband was away. Mrs. Blomstedt was born in Hamburg to Swedish parents and moved to Sweden during World War II, where she met her future husband. She is survived by four daughters, Elisabet Hafstad of Oslo, Norway, and Dr. Cecila Blomstedt, Dr. Maria Astrom and Kristina Blomstedt, all of Orebro, Sweden; a sister, Dr. Ursula Fiedler of Lubeck-Travemunde, Germany; and six grandchildren.
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In 1928, in the year that Waltraud R Blomstedt was born, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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In 1934, by the time she was only 6 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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