Laura Ingalls Wilder - Death

Death

Almanzo died in 1949, aged 92. Laura died in her sleep at her Mansfield farmhouse on February 10, 1957, three days after her 90th birthday. Both died at Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, and are buried beside their daughter Rose, at the town cemetery.

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