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Former First Lady Betty Ford Laid To Rest In Grand Rapids

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By Nikki Motson, WGVU

Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids held funeral services for former First Lady Betty Ford today.

Former President Bill Clinton, Former First Lady Barbara Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynn attended the funeral. Cheney was President Gerald Ford's chief of staff.

Governor Rick Snyder and his wife, Sue, also attended the ceremony.

Mrs. Ford died Friday at age 93. She is laid to rest next to her husband at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.