Former First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92

[gregjrichards]

Former President George H.W. Bush, sat next to his wife, Barbara Bush's coffin on Friday in Houston, greeting mourners who came to pay their respect to his wife.

Barbara and George were married for 73-years. She passed away on Tuesday at 92-years-old, with her husband by her side.

The former President was not expected to attend Friday's viewing. 'He just said, 'I want to go.' It was completely spontaneous' an aide for George, told NBC News.

A touching image of the former president revealed him sitting in his wheelchair, quietly gazing at his wife's casket before visitors arrived.

Dozens of pink and yellow roses covered her closed, silver metallic casket in the sanctuary of St. Martin's Episcopal Church.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rs-expected-public-viewing.html#ixzz5DFOkcbqW



What beautiful flowers and casket the family have chosen. Rest In Peace Mrs. Bush.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Barbara Bush to be laid to rest in private funeral Saturday
Former first lady died Tuesday at 92
By VERONICA STRACQUALURSI, CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Family and friends will gather Saturday to pay their respects and celebrate the life of Barbara Bush, the matriarch of a Republican political dynasty.

Bush, only the second woman in U.S. history to have had a husband and son elected president, died Tuesday at the age of 92 at her home in Houston. She had been battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure, and decided against seeking additional medical help earlier this week after a series of hospitalizations.

According to Mrs. Bush's wishes, the ceremony at the Bushes' family church, St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, on Saturday will be a very simple service. Her son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, friend Susan Baker, and presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver eulogies...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news...o-be-laid-to-rest-in-private-funeral-saturday

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Remembering Barbara Bush, a beloved first lady of strength and purpose
"If there is a theme that weaves through my recollections ... it is how deeply invested Barbara was in political strategy for her husband and sons."

HOUSTON — While watching women of all ages, many wearing Barbara Bush-style pearls, join more than 6,000 people paying tribute to the former first lady on Friday, I thought about the unique role she played: the last first lady of the Greatest Generation, only the second in American history to be the wife of one president and the mother of another, and a traditional spouse who was also the best political strategist for three generations of Bush men.

As former George W. Bush White House Communications Director Nicolle Wallace told me, “She was the strongest Bush I ever knew. And while she wasn’t elected president like her husband or her son, it was her approval and her standard that everyone who served them sought to look up to.” ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...h-beloved-first-lady-strength-purpose-n868051