Yahoo Web Search

  1. Bess Truman
    First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. Oct 19, 1982 · Bess Truman, the widow of President Truman, died early yesterday after suffering congestive heart failure at her home in Independence, Mo. She was 97 years old.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bess_TrumanBess Truman - Wikipedia

    Bess died on October 18, 1982, from congestive heart failure at the age of 97, and a private funeral service was held on October 21. Afterwards, she was buried beside her husband in the courtyard of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. [24]

  4. Oct 18, 2016 · Bess Truman, the wife of former President Harry Truman, was 97 when she passed away in Missouri. She was the longest-lived first lady in U.S. history and disliked the formalities of the White House.

  5. www.history.com › topics › first-ladiesBess Truman - HISTORY

    Bess Truman was the wife of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States. She died from congestive heart failure at age 97 in October 1982, according to HISTORY.

  6. Bess Truman died in 1982 at the age of 97 in Independence, Mo. President Reagan expressed his sympathy and praised her as a devoted wife, loving mother, and gracious First Lady.

  7. Apr 19, 2024 · In 1903 her father committed suicide, leaving his widow to depend on her parents for financial help. The far larger effect of the suicide, however, was psychological, and Bess developed an inordinate desire for privacy that would cause problems for her in the White House.

  8. Oct 18, 1982 · KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former first lady Bess Truman died today of heart failure at the same hospital where her husband, the 33rd president, died 10 years ago. She was 97.

  1. People also search for