is also the illustrator and co-author of The Joy of Cooking. Death On October 14, 1962, Rombauer died in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 84 years old. Rombauer was cremated and her ashes were buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Recognitions and honors On February 23, 1956, Rombauer received a Founder's Day Award from Washington University, where she had attended classes in 1897, although she did not complete a degree program. In 1998, Rombauer was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Rombauer was portrayed by Frances Sternhagen in the 2009 film Julie & Julia. Notes References External links Biography by Rombauer's daughter. Part of a series of Notable American Unitarian biographies. Includes online-accessible excerpts from Little Acorn and a brief essay by Molly Finn. Papers of the Rombauer-Becker Family, 1795–1992. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. St. Louis Walk of Fame at stlouiswalkoffame.org (archived) The Starkloff Family: Independent from Start at stlmag.com 4th Generation at jsonline.com Cincinnati, Bauhaus Architecture & The Joy of Cooking 1877 births 1962 deaths American people of German descent American food writers Writers from St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis alumni American cookbook writers Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery Women cookbook writers American women non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers