CNA: On Feb. 18 Maria Franziska von Trapp passed away after spending her life as a performer alongside her six siblings, and later as a lay-missionary with her step-mother in Papua New Guinea.
Maria von Trapp was the third child and second oldest daughter of Austrian Naval Captain Georg von Trapp and his first wife Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was the last surviving member of the original seven children in the Trapp Family Singers.
The group became famous in the 1959 Broadway musical and 1965 film “The Sound of Music” which recounts their story, and in which Maria was portrayed as the character Louisa. Read more here.
