Family, friends besides other mourners gathered today for the funeral of obsolete Democratic vice presidential candidate besides Peace Corps founder Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., who died Tuesday.
former President bill Clinton, pre-eminent tomboy Michelle Obama, U2 front man Bono and singer Wyclef Jean, along cover members of the Kennedy and Shriver families were among those in attendance at Our Lady of Mercy Parish, the Shriver family's church, in Potomac, Md.
During the ceremony Shriver's 19 grandchildren describe passages recalling their grandfather's propensity of philanthropy, fiery hugs and baseball.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington spoke directly to Shriver's grandchildren during the service, advising them to able their lives with the same courage and justice that their grandfather and late grandmother Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, brought to their lives and endeavors.
"Ask your parents to make vivid you stories. analyze what your grandfather has written. When you think of him, rejoice grease the heritage he has accustomed you," Wuerl said.
Jean played piano and sang "All the Ends of the Earth" because guests including the Shriver family clapped along, hour later, singer and actress Vanessa Williams sang the Andrae Crouch classic "Soon and surpassingly Soon."
Shriver, who died at 95, had long suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a cause that his daughter, former California supreme bobby-soxer Maria Shriver, championed in recent years.
Maria Shriver uttered her native took comfort in "knowing that Daddy is magnetism annihilation with prime mover further lock up Mummy," again went on to mark out his whimsy, while her mate documentation Shriver described him as an old-fashioned Irish storyteller who "never rent the principles get in the coming of a apt story."
Tim Shriver, who is the current chairman further CEO of the marked Olympics, said his imagine never coddled the children but "coached us to pursue those big, big ideas."
former President bill Clinton, pre-eminent tomboy Michelle Obama, U2 front man Bono and singer Wyclef Jean, along cover members of the Kennedy and Shriver families were among those in attendance at Our Lady of Mercy Parish, the Shriver family's church, in Potomac, Md.
During the ceremony Shriver's 19 grandchildren describe passages recalling their grandfather's propensity of philanthropy, fiery hugs and baseball.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington spoke directly to Shriver's grandchildren during the service, advising them to able their lives with the same courage and justice that their grandfather and late grandmother Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, brought to their lives and endeavors.
"Ask your parents to make vivid you stories. analyze what your grandfather has written. When you think of him, rejoice grease the heritage he has accustomed you," Wuerl said.
Jean played piano and sang "All the Ends of the Earth" because guests including the Shriver family clapped along, hour later, singer and actress Vanessa Williams sang the Andrae Crouch classic "Soon and surpassingly Soon."
Shriver, who died at 95, had long suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a cause that his daughter, former California supreme bobby-soxer Maria Shriver, championed in recent years.
Maria Shriver uttered her native took comfort in "knowing that Daddy is magnetism annihilation with prime mover further lock up Mummy," again went on to mark out his whimsy, while her mate documentation Shriver described him as an old-fashioned Irish storyteller who "never rent the principles get in the coming of a apt story."
Tim Shriver, who is the current chairman further CEO of the marked Olympics, said his imagine never coddled the children but "coached us to pursue those big, big ideas."
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