ocr: O/Grande Dame - - - - passes Choy FDR's. mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, died at Hyde Park on September 7, 1941, two weeks shy ofl ber 87th birthday. Her only child, Franklin, was: at. her side. Sara bad had a stroke while at Campobello in June, and stayed in bed all sumumer, She refused to engage a: nurse until FDR wired and asked her to do 50, The aurse cheered her up, She. rallied and was able to walk to the car when it came time to. leave the summer house. in September,