When the Great Depression came upon America in the 1930s, the Angelus Temple's Foursquare Commissary served the poor with food and clothing. People involved baked bread in mass quantities, sewed quilts, provided school lunches, and opened soup kitchens. Aimee had enough influence to attract donations of food, money, and clothing where others could not. Thousands of poor and starving in the Los Angeles area received assistance. In 1931 Aimee married David Hutton, an actor and musician, but she filed for divorce in 1933. Financial problems and legal disputes became a major issue, but things were settled in the 1940's. In 1944, Aimee died of an accidental overdose of sedatives.
Eventually, Angelus Temple became a denomination and is known as the