Later Life
Having converted to Roman Catholicism while in prison, Mildred Gillars then went to live at the Our Lady of Bethlehem Convent in Columbus, Ohio, and taught German, French, and music at St. Joseph Academy, Columbus.
In 1973 she returned to Ohio Wesleyan University to complete her degree.
Mildred Gillars died at Grant Medical Center in Columbus in 1988, diagnosed with colon cancer. Her grave in Holy Family section, Random Selection, Lot 570, of the Saint Joseph Cemetery (in Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio) is unmarked.
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