SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The funeral for former first lady Nancy Reagan will be held on Friday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation announced Monday that Nancy Reagan will lie in repose for public visitation on Wednesday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday’s funeral starts at 11 a.m. and will be closed to the public. Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library. Details on who will attend the funeral were not released.
Nancy Reagan died of congestive heart failure on Sunday at her Los Angeles home. She was 94.
President Obama said Monday that he once had the opportunity to meet with the former first lady and she could not have been more charming and gracious to him and Michelle Obama when he came into office.
The president spoke about Nancy Reagan after meeting with financial regulators and advisers. Earlier in the day, he had ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half-staff in her memory.
Obama said it’s well documented the extraordinary love that she had for former president Ronald Reagan and the comfort and strength she provided him in hard times.
Obama said he has been lucky to have an extraordinary partner in his life as well. He knows how much she meant to the president and country as a whole.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said it has not been determined who will represent the White House at the service.
Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president, died on June 5, 2004, at age 93. His remains were flown to Washington to lie in state in the rotunda of the US Capitol and then at a service at the Washington National Cathedral. His casket was then flown back to California.
Tens of thousands of mourners filed past his coffin in the days before his interment service at the library, tucked into hills northwest of Los Angeles. After the service, a tearful Nancy Reagan kissed and stroked her husband’s coffin while clutching an American flag. ‘‘I love you,’’ she said quietly.
Associated Press