returned to the stage, continuing to perform for several additional years. During her last stay in Poland, from 31 October 1902 to 28 April 1903, she appeared on the stage in Lwów, Poznań, and her native Kraków. On 2 May 1905, she gave a jubilee performance in New York City. Then she toured for two years and ended her acting career, afterward only appearing sporadically in support of charitable causes. Modjeska died at Newport Beach, California on 8 April 1909, aged 68, from Bright's disease. Her remains were sent to Kraków to be buried in the family plot at the Rakowicki Cemetery. Her autobiography Memories and Impressions of Helena Modjeska was published posthumously in 1910. A Polish translation ran the same year in the Kraków newspaper Czas (Time). The last Polish edition of the book appeared in 1957. Modrzejewska's son, Rudolf Modrzejewski (Ralph Modjeski), was a civil engineer who gained fame as a designer of bridges. Legacies Arden, Modjeska's home from 1888 to 1906, is a registered National Historic Landmark. Named for her are: Modjeska Park in Anaheim, California (33°48'53"N 117°57'8"W) Helene Street in Anaheim, California Modjeska Canyon, California (where Arden is located) Modjeska Falls, California, at the Glen Alpine Springs Resort Modjeska Peak (the north peak of Saddleback Mountain). Bouquet Helena Modjeska by American perfumer John Blocki of Prussian and Polish descent Modjeskas, a caramel-covered marshmallow confection invented in 1889 by a local candy-maker named Anton Busath (and later made by other candy-makers, including Bauer's Candies, Muth's Candies and Schimpff's Confectionery) in her honor when she visited Louisville, Kentucky. A street in Wrocław, formerly named after the German actress Agnes Sorma when the city was part of Germany as Breslau. Modjeska Youth Theater Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin A Pullman car, the Helena Modjeska, was named for her. SS Helena Modjeska, a 7,000 ton US cargo steamer that ran aground on Goodwin Sands in 1946. A statue of Modjeska is located outside the Pearson Park Amphitheater in Anaheim, California. Modjeska was the mother of bridge engineer Ralph Modjeski and godmother to artist-author-philosopher Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (son of artist Stanisław Witkiewicz, who almost accompanied Modjeska and her family to California in 1876). She was also the aunt of artist Władysław T. Benda. She was godmother to American actress Ethel Barrymore. Roles Modjeska's chief tragic roles were: William Shakespeare: Ophelia in Hamlet Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Desdemona in Othello Queen Anne