Betty Ford Funeral Services
The details on the services for the “Coachella Valley’s First Lady” were released Saturday.
Her casket will arrive at Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert Tuesday, July 12th, at 11 a.m. Services will begin at 2 p.m. and go until 3:30 p.m. A public repose will then be held from 5 p.m. until midnight.
If you would like to attend the public repose on Tuesday, you will need to take a shuttle from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. You are encouraged to get there by 3 p.m. Shuttles will start at 4 p.m., and the public repose starts at 5p.m. You will also need to plan for security checks.
On Wednesday, July 13th, at 9 a.m., a motorcade will leave for Palm Springs International Airport, where a plane will depart for Michigan. The Ford family and casket is expected to arrive in Michigan around two in the afternoon Palm Springs Time. More services will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Ford is expected to be buried alongside her husband on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
