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Mamie Eisenhower, the widow of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, died peacefully in her sleep early yesterday at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (née Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household in Colorado.She married Eisenhower, then a lieutenant in the United States Army, in 1916.She kept house and served as hostess for military officers as ...
Mamie Doud Eisenhower, 82, the widow of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and one of the nation's most admired women, died of cardiac arrest yesterday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Later Life and Death. After leaving the White House in 1961, the couple returned to their home in Gettysburg and enjoyed retirement until Eisenhower died in 1969. Mamie Eisenhower continued...
Mamie Eisenhower, at age 82, had died early in the morning of the previous day, Thursday, November 1. After suffering a debilitating stroke at her Gettysburg farm, she was transported by ambulance to Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Mamie spent long hours in bed due to a heart condition instigated by a childhood case of rheumatic fever, and she suffered from an inner-ear infliction called Ménière’s disease, which...
On November 1, 1979, Mamie Eisenhower passed away in Washington, D.C. She was buried next to her husband and Doud in the Place of Meditation at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas. See Footnotes & Resources.
Mamie Eisenhower (born Nov. 14, 1896, Boone, Iowa, U.S.—died Nov. 1, 1979, Washington, D.C.) was an American first lady (1953–61), the wife of Dwight (“Ike”) Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States and supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II.
After her husband's death in 1969, Mamie continued to live on the farm, devoting more of her time to her family and friends. Mamie Eisenhower died on November 1, 1979. She is buried beside her husband in a small chapel on the grounds of the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas.
Statement on the Death of Mamie Eisenhower. November 01, 1979. Rosalynn and I share the sadness of a loving nation at the death of Mamie Eisenhower and send our deepest sympathy to her family.