[4] She committed suicide on September 5, 1934, in Los Angeles by consuming poison.
In 1918, she rejoined the experiment station as assistant botanist, moving on to taxonomist and systematist.
[3][6] Her research focused on plant pathology problems and weed naturalization and control.
She was a charter member of the Ohio Academy of Science, where in 1918, she served as vice president.
Detmers moved to Los Angeles in 1927, becoming a curator of the University of Southern California herbarium.