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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) |
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Barbara Bush loved her husband, former President George H. W. Bush, to her last breath. |
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.
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