With the assassination of her husband by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo , New York in September 1901 , Mrs. McKinley lost much of her will to live . Although she bore up well in the days between the shooting and the president 's death , she could not bring herself to attend his funeral . Her health eroded as she withdrew to the safety of her home and memories in Canton . She was cared for by her younger sister . The President was interred at the Werts Receiving Vault at West Lawn Cemetery until his memorial was built . Ida visited daily until her own death . She survived the president by less than six years , dying on May 26 , 1907 . She was buried next to him and their two daughters in Canton 's McKinley Memorial Mausoleum
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Assassination of William McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley