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R.I.P. to Barbara Bush, the "First Lady of Greatest Generation" of the United States

Saturday, April 21, 2018
The casket of former first lady Barbara Bush is moved after a funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip , Pool)
Barbara Bush loved her husband, former President George H. W. Bush, to her last breath.
In this Nov. 14, 1988, file photo, President-elect George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are shown during a morning beachfront news conference in Gulf Stream, Fla. The 41st president said the outpouring over her death was 'lifting us all up.' (Kathy Willens/Associated Press)
VietPress USA (April 21, 2018): Today on April 21, 2018, about 1,500 people on a gray, rainy Saturday to honor Barbara Bush at the private funeral, filling St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston a day after more than 6,000 people paid their respects during a public viewing.

Former Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and their wives were at the funeral in the church. Former President George H.W.Bush and his son, former President George W. Bush are Republic Presidents, but present Republic President Donald Trump did't come to Barbara Bush's funeral, instead current First lady Melania Trump was there.

Former President George H.W. Bush says he's always known and would tease his wife that she was "the most beloved woman in the world" and that he "had a complex about that fact."

In a statement released by Bush family spokesperson Jim McGrath, the 41st president of the U.S. says the outpouring of love and friendship to Barbara Bush following her death Tuesday "is lifting us all up."

He also referred Wednesday to the former first lady as "The Enforcer," a term of endearment bestowed by her family.

 Read this news from The Washington Times at:
HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush was the “first lady of the greatest generation.”
Addressing former presidents, ambassadors and hundreds of other mourners inside the nation’s largest Episcopal church on Saturday, historian Jon Meacham recalled Barbara Bush’s quick wit that made her so popular. He also spoke of her devotion to her husband of 73 years, former President George H.W. Bush, noting he was the “only boy she ever kissed.”
Meacham recalled her work bringing awareness to AIDS patients and in promoting literacy. He also said the wife of the 41st president and the mother of the 43rd was “candid and comforting, steadfast and straightforward, honest and loving.”
Meacham, who wrote a 2015 biography on George H.W. Bush, joined some 1,500 people on a gray, rainy Saturday to honor Barbara Bush at the private funeral, filling St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston a day after more than 6,000 people paid their respects during a public viewing.
George H.W. Bush was helped into the cavernous sanctuary with a wheelchair behind his sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. He laughed as Meacham and others recalled his wife’s wicked sense of humor.
Seated near the front of the church, in the same pew, were two other former presidents - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - along with their wives and current first lady Melania Trump.
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