The funeral for former first lady Nancy Reagan will be held on Friday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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“Prior to the funeral service, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to pay their respects at the library”, Xinhua quoted the statement.
They moved into the White House in 1981, when her husband became the 40th US President. “Nancy Reagan used her position as First Lady to encourage our kids to just say no to drugs, which is a message that remains relevant today”, said DeWine.
In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Reagan had asked that contributions be made to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Fund at www.reaganlibrary.com.
She died of congestive heart failure in LA on Sunday and her death quickly sparked a flurry of messages from other senior United States politicians and foreign leaders.
Obama’s only meeting with Reagan came early in his presidency, as he signed a bill to create the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission to commemorate the late president’s 100th birthday in 2011. “Our former first lady redefined the role in her time here”. She was 94-years-old. Nancy Reagan was the ideal example of charm and caring that embodies the term ‘First Lady.’ Nancy and Ronald Reagan were an American love story that has never ended.
“Elaine and I join the nation in mourning the loss of Nancy Reagan”.
“I will continue her work in trying to keep kids from the Dangers of Drugs”, he wrote, “GOD Bless You First Lady”. Often in tandem with such White House moderates as Chief of Staff James Baker and longtime adviser Michael Deaver, she favored better relations with the Soviet Union, opposed high military spending and urged the president to speak openly about AIDS.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, who like Ronald Reagan rode his Hollywood fame to the governor’s office in California, said on Twitter that Nancy Reagan was “one of my heroes”.
