 In 1931, seriously ill, Ellen Gates Starr retired to a Roman Catholic convent where she was cared for by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, but she was not a member of their religious community, or any other.Starr died at the convent on February 10, 1940 in Suffern, New York.In 2016, the closed catholic school St. Hyacinth Basilica Elementary, in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood, was transformed into "Ellen Gates Starr High School", the setting for Albany Park Theater Project's renowned, immersive theater play "Learning Curve".