September 05, 1956
THE NEWS of the passing of Frank A. Nixon, father of the Vice President, is sad news indeed. I know how much the Vice President will miss him. Mrs. Eisenhower and I extend to the Vice President and all members of his family our heartfelt sympathies on the great personal loss he has sustained.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Statement by the President on the Death. of Frank A. Nixon. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/233131