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The state funeral took place at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, December 30, 2006, with further funeral services on January 2 at Washington National Cathedral and on January 3 at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids. In addition, private services were conducted with Mrs. Ford and the family at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert ...
Heartwell was the first politician to announce the death of former President Gerald R. Ford on December 26, 2006, and, along with then-President George W. Bush, then-Senator Harry Reid and then-Governor Jennifer Granholm, spoke at Ford's Grand Rapids funeral, which took place the day after Ford's Washington, D.C. funeral.
A benefit was held July 9 to raise money for the funeral of the victims of the Emkens family. [29] On July 12, 2011, Grand Rapids mayor George Heartwell honored the Grand Rapids Police Department for their handling of the situation. [30]
Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60178-234-2. Fighting Satan: Knowing His Weaknesses, Strategies, and Defeat. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-60178-411-7. With Paul M. Smalley. John Bunyan and the Grace of Fearing God. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2016. ISBN 978 ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Grand Rapids is the central city of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, which has a population of 1.16 million and a combined statistical area population of 1.5 million. [2] Grand Rapids is situated along the Grand River approximately 25 miles (40 km) east of Lake Michigan and is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan. A historic ...
Rose was a supporter of efforts related to fallen police officers. He regularly attended funerals and memorials around the state. In 2013 he traveled to Boston for the funeral of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier. In 2014 he traveled to Scranton, Penn. for the funeral of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Bryon ...
This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan. [1] [2] The current mayor is David LaGrand, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2025. List of mayors.