Edith Wilson was present during Roosevelt's address to Congress. [48] On April 14, 1945, she attended Roosevelt's funeral at the White House. [49] She later attended the January 20, 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. [50] Edith Wilson died of congestive heart failure on December 28, 1961, at age 89.

The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 44th inauguration and marked the commencement of John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson's only term as president and vice president.

A highly respected figure in the society of the capital, Mrs. Wilson lived on to ride in President Kennedy's inaugural parade. She died later in 1961: on December 28, the anniversary of her famous husband's birth.

The inaugural was subdued; U.S. entry into the world war was imminent and March 4 fell on a Sunday in 1917, which traditionally did not call for large ceremony. Edith Wilson rode to and from the Capitol beside her husband in an open carriage. First Lady: 1915, December 18 - 1921, March 4

She was also present on January 20, 1961, for the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. On December 28, 1961, at the age of 89, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson died of congestive heart failure just days before what would have been her husband’s 105th birthday.

In January 1961 she rode in the inaugural parade for President John F. Kennedy. Edith Wilson died on Dec. 28, 1961 (the day that would have been Woodrow Wilson’s 105th birthday), in Washington, D.C., and was buried beside her husband in Washington National Cathedral; the Wilsons are the only presidential couple to be interred in the nation ...

A highly respected figure in the society of the capital, Mrs. Wilson lived on to ride in President Kennedy's inaugural parade. She died later in 1961: on December 28, the anniversary of her famous husband's birth.

A highly respected figure in the society of the capital, Mrs. Wilson lived on to ride in President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Parade. She died on December 28, 1961, the anniversary of her famous husband’s birth.

A highly respected figure in the society of the capital, Mrs. Wilson lived on to ride in President Kennedy's inaugural parade. She died later in 1961: on December 28, the anniversary of her famous husband's birth.

One of her last public appearances was in a seat of honor at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. Edith Bolling Wilson died of heart failure on December 28, 1961, the anniversary of her husband's birth.