 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, Elisabeth Severance akafa mushure mekutambura sitiroko zuva risati rasvitsa makore makumi matanhatu nematanhatu. Semhedzisiro, imba yemakonzati nyowani yakava chiyeuchidzo chaJohn Severance kumudzimai wake mushakabvu. Kunyangwe kudonha kwemusika wemasheya waGumiguru 29, 1929, unozivikanwa se Black ChipiriSeverance akaramba akazvipira kuona basa racho richipedzwa: chipikirwa chake chepakutanga chemadhora miriyoni imwe pakupedzisira chakawedzera kusvika kumadhora anodarika mamiriyoni 2,6. Musi waNovember 14, 1929, Severance akaita mhemberero yokutanga yefoshoro panguva yeimba yemakonzati yakatanga pakona yeEuclid Avenue neEast Boulevard. Munyori, mutungamiriri, uye piyano virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninoff, uyo akanga apa hurukuro usiku hwapfuura paPublic Hall, akagovana bhokisi raSeverance paSeverance Halls kuvhura-husiku konzati musi waFebruary 5, 1931. Severance akaramba achishanda semutungamiri weMusical Arts Association kupinda muhutongi hwemutungamiri wechipiri weOrchestra, Artur Rodzinski. Musi waNdira 16, 1936, Severance akafa aine makore makumi manomwe nemaviri uye akavigwa muClevelands Lakeview Cemetery, ndangariro yake ichirarama muhoro inotakura zita rake. 