| Show cala BT AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS WIFE OF LATE PRESIDENT DIES AT MARION shook shock of 0 husbands passing andor and or deal of public funeral Is laid as foundation for final Il liness marion or 0 mrs florence kling harding widow of the late president died at white oaks farm november twenty first weakened by the shock of her husbands death and the ordeal of his public funeral a year and a half ago mrs harding was unable off the recurrence of the malady which had brought her to the very gates of death in 1922 at the white house she he became seriously ill III late in october save ave for brief intervals of improvement her strength ebbed gradually until the end with her were her brother clifford kling of florida mrs charles E sawyer widow of president hardings Har dinga personnel pers onnal physician dr carl W sawyer and george P christian former secretary to the late president dr sawyer who had been with mrs harding almost constantly during her long illness announced her death his eyes were filled with teas tears as he said simply she has died she went peacefully and ly I 1 may have a formal statement later mrs harding passed into a coma on monday morning and early tues bues day she was unconscious she was ill two weeks before the gravity fra vity of her condition became known outside white oaks the sanitarium and country estate of the th sawyers then on the morning of november 3 dr carl W sawyer after a consultation sul tation with dr J C wood cleveland abdominal specialist issued a bulletin describing her condition as alarming I 1 immediately m messages e and hope for a rapid recovery began pouring iv from all parts of the country the funeral service were held at epworth methodist episcopal church rev jess swank pastor of the church who conducted the funeral services for president harding was in charge he was assisted by rev george M landis of which mr harding was a member mrs harding had been a member of epworth methodist method church since girlhood |
