Ethel Kennedy has been laid to relaxation subsequent to her husband, Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, one month after her demise.
Her daughter, Kerry Kennedy, shared photographs from the funeral service in a touching Instagram post on Monday, Nov. 25. The photographs confirmed Kerry and her siblings, together with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., by their mom’s casket.
“At present, Mummy was laid to relaxation subsequent to Daddy at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery. Her extraordinary life and enduring legacy will proceed to information and encourage us. We’re deeply grateful for the outpouring of affection and help throughout this time,” she wrote.
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Kerry introduced Ethel’s Thursday, Oct. 10 demise in a statement on X, writing on the time that she died at age 96 “from issues associated to a stroke suffered final week.”
Kerry remembered her mom as a “religious Catholic and a day by day communicant” and requested her followers to maintain Ethel of their “hearts and prayers.”
“We’re comforted in understanding she is reunited with the love of her life, our father, Robert F. Kennedy; her youngsters David and Michael; her daughter-in-law Mary; her grandchildren Maeve and Saoirse; and her great-grandchildren Gideon and Josie,” her assertion continued.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. additionally shared the news on X, remembering Ethel as a “function mannequin for self-discipline, for resilience, and for self-confidence.”
“She deeded to every of her 11 youngsters her love of fine tales, her athleticism, her aggressive spirit, and the deep curiosity in regards to the world, and the extraordinary curiosity in individuals of all backgrounds, which induced her to pepper everybody she met — from cab drivers to presidents — with a relentless cascade of questions on their lives,” his assertion continued. “She additionally gave us all her love of language and for good storytelling. I credit score her for all my virtues. I’m grateful for her generosity in overlooking my faults.”
Her demise occurred two days after grandson Joe Kennedy III introduced in a Tuesday, Oct. 8. post on X that she had “suffered a stroke in her sleep” and was “dropped at an space hospital, the place she is now receiving therapy.”
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Ethel’s memorial service was then held practically per week after her demise on the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Wednesday, Oct. 16, with a number of of her youngsters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in attendance.
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President Joe Biden, delivered the eulogy, and Barack Obama, Invoice Clinton, and Martin Luther King III have been additionally current to pay their respects.
