Garfield, Lucretia [Rudolph] - 1881

The fortitude of Mrs. Garfield is wonderful.  Not once has she given way to her emotions.  The strain of the past few weeks upon a system already illy <sic> fitted to cope with mental or physical pain must have been tremendous.  When the reaction comes and the tense nerves of heart and brain relax, it would occasion no surprise if the devoted wife and mother left her children to rejoin the beloved one to whom she was so faithful in life.
~ The Lititz Record, 23-Sept-1881, Page 2, Column 2


Mrs. Garfield has learned that a large part of her late husband’s remains were taken to the Medical Museum at Washington.  The injured vertebra and rib are on exhibition, but what has become of the inward parts from the neck to the loins, whether preserved or thrown to the dogs, cannot be learned.  She is indignant, but finds it impossible now to rectify the matter.
~ The Lititz Record, 14-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Lucretia [Rudolph] Garfield.