admitted as one of the first female residents of the home. She lived there and became an outspoken resident, assisting other residents with living comforts. Kate wrote many letters to the Arizona state legislature, often contacting the governor when she was not satisfied with their response. Near the end of her life, several reporters tried to record Kate's life story, her relationship with Doc Holliday and her time in Tombstone. She only talked to Anton Mazzonovich and Prescott historian A.W. Bork. Death and discrepancies in records Kate died on November 2, 1940, five days before her 90th birthday, of acute myocardial insufficiency, a condition she started showing symptoms of the day before her death. Her death certificate states that she also suffered from coronary artery disease and advanced arteriosclerosis. Kate's death certificate contained significant discrepancies regarding her parents' names and her birthplace. Although she was born in Hungary, her death certificate states she was born in Davenport, Iowa, to father Marchal H. Michael and mother Catherine Baldwin. The birthplace of both her parents is shown on the certificate as "unknown". The superintendent of the Pioneer Home is named as the informant on the death certificate. Kate was buried on November 6, 1940, in the Arizona Pioneers' Home Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. References Further reading On the Paper Trail of Big Nose Kate, Angel M. Brant, Self-published September 2008. This book contains pictorial info never published by past Cummings' authors. Old West Researcher, A.M. Brant. Contains a great deal about Kate and debunks many older claims about her. Wyatt Earp, Family Friends and Foes, Volume I, Who Was Big Nose Kate, Glenn G. Boyer, Arizona University Press, 1997 (). This source includes many assertions about Kate which have been rejected by serious scholars. Bowmaster, Patrick A. A Fresh Look at 'Big Nose Kate, NOLA Quarterly 22 (July – September 1998): 12-24 http://www.texasescapes.com/MaggieVanOstrand/Katie-Elder-Her-True-Story.htm "The Lily of the West", Kathleen Morris, Five Star Publishing / Cengage, January 2019. External links Arizona Pioneers' Home American folklore People of the American Old West American prostitutes Hungarian prostitutes People from Prescott, Arizona American people of Hungarian descent People from Pest, Hungary 1849 births 1940 deaths Cochise County conflict People from Tombstone, Arizona