 Gertrude died of apoplexy on May 27, 1914.After a funeral at the Hotel Netherland, she was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.In 1915, "The New York Times" reported that at the time of her death, she was over $135,000 (equivalent to $ today) in debt, consisting primarily of a pair of loans she received from the L. V. Rhinelander Estate.