If you don't have a front-loading washing machine, go to the laundromat. Down comforters become heavy and bulky with water and can damage the balance of top-loading washing machines. Comforters can also become tangled and rip in washing machines that are too small.
Martha Washington died with a high fever of 105.3 and heart failure. She died at age 70, on May 22, 1802. She was depressed after George died and more of less wasted away.
Martha was born Martha Dandridge. She became Martha Dandridge Custis when she married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, in 1750. After Daniel's death in 1757, she marr â¦ ied George Washington on January 6, 1759. Two of her children by Custis were still living at the time: John Jacky Custis was 4, and Martha (Patsy) Custis was 2.