Funeral of Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush, woman of old US president George H.W. Bush and mother of former president George W. Bush, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 92 years whereas it had decided the stop of her medical care and the recourse to the palliative care.

Funerals took place episcopal Saturday, April 21 with léglise Saint Martin of Houston, in Texas in the presence of four former presidents of which his/her husband and his son and a thousand of guests. However, a great absence was noticed, that of the current President, Donald Trump, but this last was represented by his Mélania wife.

The called upon reasons were those of the security but since the announcement of the death of Barbara Bush, the flags of the White House and the residence in Florida de Mar–a–Lago were put in Bern. The absence of president Obama in 2011 and 2016 at the time of funeral of Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan had also been noticed.

It would seem that the tensions between the clan Bush and president Trump date from the presidential campaign of 2016 when Jeb Bush was his direct competitor in the race with the republican nomination. To support his/her son, the ex first lady did not have to hesitate to treat Donald Trump of “Showman” and in addition, her husband declared that he had voted for Hilary Clinton.

For funerals of Barbara Bush, the Clinton couples and Obama were present at the sides of the family of two former presidents Bush. The ex president Carter, in displacement abroad could not be present.

Barbara Bush was a very respected woman of all the political circles, it had also created a foundation which fights against illiteracy.

It had met H.W. Bush in 1945 whereas it had met it at the 16 years age then the family is installed in Texas. They had 5 children, 17 small children and 17 back–small children, they remained married during 73 years.

For several years, the ex first lady had suffered from thyroid, the disease finally was right of it last Tuesday, it extinct at it was surrounded by its close relations.

After the religious ceremony, the convoy went to College Station, with 140km of Houston where Barbara Bush was buried on the site of the presidential Library of H.W. Bush, who has reached Parkinson‘s disease for several years can move only in wheel chair.

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