Reuters – Guests arrived at a different church several miles away to be bussed to the venue, walking past a throng of media. “It was her singular ability to make you feel like you were the most important person in the world when you were talking to her,” Craig Denekas, a member of the board of directors of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, told reporters.Bush made it possible for her husband to have “the arc of his life,” said Karl Rove, who served as a chief political adviser for the younger Bush and spoke with him a few days ago.
“This is a family of great faith, of great conviction,” Rove said. “He has every comfort, every confidence of where his mother is. “Following Saturday’s service, Bush will be buried on the grounds of the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum at Texas A&M University in College Station, next to her daughter, Robin, who died of leukemia at the age of 3. The motorcade carrying her body will traverse both George Bush Drive and Barbara Bush Drive on its way to the burial site.
Members of the public paid their respects on Friday, when Bush lay in repose at the church. The 93-year-old George H.W. Bush, seated in a wheelchair in front of the casket, greeted mourners in turn with a handshake. Bush, who was married to her husband for 73 years, was known for her sharp tongue and fierce devotion to her family and enjoyed broad public popularity during her time in the White House.
