https://www.npr.org/2024/11/10/530876080/ella-jenkins-dead-at-100
My wife before retiring last year was head librarian in town here... I remember the library hiring Ella to do a show about 15 years ago. One catch, she needed a ride to and from here residence on the NearNorth in Chicago to the far SouthSide suburbs here. We picked her up and took her back home... What a lovely lady! I still remember the tutorial she gave us during the ride. She could make music from anything! She asked for a quarter... Then gave us information how modern quarters just don't make the same sound as the old silver quarters! It was a Wyoming State quarter she used... Still sounded lovely! Have the quarter to this day!
RIP Ella...