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...years and seven months ago, Ford and his wife, Betty, sat in the same cathedral for the funeral of the next Republican to succeed him in the White House, Ronald Reagan. Now, the tributes were pouring out for Ford, who became President after Richard Nixon's resignation and served from...
...imperial farewell for a simple man. The hymns, prayers and Bible readings by two of his four children, John (Jack) Ford and Susan Ford Bales, echoed through the stained-glass splendor of a cathedral that is the sixth largest in the world and second largest in the U.S. Christmas trees and pin wreaths still graced the columns and alcoves. The two-football-fields-long cathedral has been the site of funerals and memorial services for a dozen Presidents...
...Former President George H.W. Bush, who had challenged Ford in the Republican primaries of 1976, noted that Americans tend to "eschew notions of the indispensible man," but said Ford was a perfect match of man and moment. "Gerald Ford's decency was the ideal remedy for the deception of Watergate," the former President said. Several times he said: "Gerry Ford's word was always good...
...Speakers wrestled with the freshet of platitudes, insisting that this time they were true. Former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, who covered Ford as a member of the White House press corps, admitted, "We went to Vail at Christmas and Palm Springs at Easter - with our families." He concluded, "Farewell, Mr. President. Thank you, citizen Ford...
...President Bush saluted Ford for bringing his calm to "one of the most divisive moments in our nation's history," and said he was revered "because America needed him, not because he needed the office." It was a unique element of an uncommon Presidency...