Obituaries

Betty Ford Memorial Service Details Planned For Public

Long lines are expected for the repose at St. Margaret's Church, which is scheduled from 5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday. A memorial book will be available to sign.

The public can pay their respects to former first lady Betty Ford by attending a post-memorial service repose tomorrow at a Palm Desert church or by lining a motorcade route to the airport on Wednesday.

Long lines are expected for the repose at St. Margaret's Church, which
is scheduled from 5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday. A memorial book will be available to sign.

No parking will be available at the church. Free shuttles will operate
from the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens, 78200 Miles Ave., with boardings from 3-10:30 p.m. The last bus will leave at 10:45 p.m.

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No cameras or video equipment, large bags or strollers will be allowed
inside the church, according to family representatives.

Route 74 in Palm Desert will be closed from 4 a.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday for the motorcade, which will leave the church for Palm Springs International Airport at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to the family.

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The motorcade will depart on Monterey Avenue; turn west onto Highway 111, then north onto Gene Autry Trail and proceed to the Atlantic Aviation terminal. A departure ceremony for invited guests is scheduled for 9:20 a.m.

Ford's body will be flown by military aircraft from Palm Springs to
Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., then transported to the Gerald R. Ford Museum, where she will be interred next to her husband. A memorial service will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids on Thursday.

The public can also pay tribute to the former first lady by making
contributions to:
   -- the Betty Ford First Ladies Tribute Fund, c/o the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Foundation, 303 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, Mich., 49504;
   -- Betty Ford Diagnostic Breast Center, Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion, 145 Michigan St. NE, Suite 4200, Grand Rapids, Mich., 49503;
   -- Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, 183 Gore Creek Drive, Vail, Colo., 81657; or
   -- The Betty Ford Legacy Scholarship Fund, c/o Betty Ford Center
Foundation, 41990 Cook St., Suite C-101, Palm Desert, Calif., 92211. --City News Service


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