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Then we all filed in. There were no seats, except there were a few chairs placed in front of the grave for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt Roosevelt, the half sister-in-law, who had become a very old woman. I used to know her quite well, and I was astonished to see how very old and broken she looked that day. Also Mrs. Price Collier came over, and two or three other relatives who were really quite old. Of course Mr. Frederick A. Delano was there, and there was a group of relatives who were all much older than Roosevelt was, which made it poignant, seeing these old, old people laying away a man in the prime of life.

And of course Mrs. Roosevelt and the boys were all there, and the children were all there. The older people among them occupied all those seats, but I remember Mr. Delano stood throughout the whole service. He didn't sit down, but some of the ladies did.

There were other people who came in, and the Cabinet and the Congressional committee--we were just asked to walk down this path and stand wherever it was convenient.

Interviewer:

Did you come from the house, to the right or the left?

Perkins:

You come from the house. You face the grave. I was to





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