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Sonia Peres with her then-boyfriend Shimon Peres at a Noar Haoved youth movement summer camp in Zichron Yaacov on August 1, 1939.
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Sonia Peres on the way to a family celebration in Tel Aviv on April 25, 1964. Shimon Peres is holding their son, Hemi's hand.
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Sonia Peres with then-prime minister Shimon Peres looking out a helicopter window at Kibbutz Alumot, where they were married in 1945. The photo is from May 7, 1985.
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Sonia Peres playing with two children in the sitting room at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on May 1, 1985.
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Then-prime minister Shimon Peres hugs his wife Sonia after returning home from a visit to Romania, on February 22, 1985.
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Then-defense minister Shimon Peres exchanges remarks with wife Sonia before the arrival of the Danis prime minister in Ben-Gurion Airport on May 3, 1977.
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Sonia Peres and then-prime minister Shimon Peres on October 1, 1984.
Sonia Peres passed away on Thursday, aged 87. She leaves behind her husband, President Shimon Peres, and three grown children, Tzvia, Yonatan and Nehemiah.
MDA was called to Peres's Tel Aviv apartment to revive her, but were forced to pronounce her dead.
Sonia Peres, nee Gellman, was born in Poland in 1923, and made aliya in 1927. Her parents worked and lived at the Ben Shemen Youth Village, where she met her future husband. He was in the grade above her.
In 1942, she enlisted in the British Army, where she served as nurse in an army hospital near Cairo. She was later made a truck driver for the British Army and drove across Europe several times.
Sonia and Shimon Peres were married in May, 1945, and were amongst the founders of Kibbutz Alumot.
Sonia Peres was known for being private, and did not go to many
political events. She chose not to move to the Beit Hanassi in 2007, and
the two have lived separately since then.
Peres returned to his Tel Aviv home.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said: "Sonia Peres was a special woman and person. She was a symbol of modesty, simplicity and love of her fellow man. She made sure to stay away from the spotlight and keep her life private. She constantly helped those in need; everyone who knew her appreciated her. May her memory be blessed."