Elizabeth Virginia `` Bess '' Truman ( née Wallace ) ( February 13 , 1885October 18 , 1982 ) , was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 .
Bess Truman ( née Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ; February 13 , 1885 -- October 18 , 1982 ) was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 .