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Rosalynn Carter will help the Coachella Valley and the nation bid goodbye Tuesday to her close friend, former first lady Betty Ford.
Carter, the wife of former president Jimmy Carter, will deliver a eulogy during a private service starting at 11:20 a.m. at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, in Palm Desert.
She will be followed by two other eulogists, journalist Cokie Roberts and former Betty Ford Center board member Geoffrey Mason.
Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and historian Richard Norton Smith will eulogize Ford at a separate service Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich., at Grace Episcopal Church. Dick Cheney served as chief of staff to Gerald Ford during his presidency.
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