PRESIDENT’S MOTHER DEAD
Speech Postponed Till Thursday
LONDON, September 7.
The death occurred last night of Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt, in her 87th year. The President was at her bedside at Hyde Park when she died.
Mrs Roosevelt, who had been unconscious for 12 hours, guided the early
career of the President, and saw his rise from State Senator to the White House. The triumph of her life came when the President took his mother to lunch at the White House after his first inauguration. Mrs Roosevelt took an unassuming but active part in affairs, and was keenly interested in various charities. She visited England seven years ago, and met Queen Mary. The speech which was to have been delivered by President Roosevelt on Tuesday has now been postponed till Thursday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19410909.2.55
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 5
Word Count
131PRESIDENT’S MOTHER DEAD Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in