White House: Obama| Biden to Attend Senator Robert Byrd Memorial Service |yourfuneralguy

The White House has Issued a Press Release stating that President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden will be attending the Memorial  Funeral Service for  Senator Robert Byrd in  Charleston, West Virginia on the morning of July 2nd 2010.

Just as predicted here the announcement came soon after Official Funeral Arrangements were made. The Memorial service is also being billed as a Celebration Of Life.

For Immediate Release

June 29, 2010

President Obama, Vice President Biden to Attend the Memorial Service for U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd

WASHINGTON- On the morning of Friday, July 2, President Obama and Vice President Biden will  attend the memorial service for U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd in Charleston, West Virginia.  More details will be available in the coming days.

via www.whitehouse.gov

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The president will probably speak(does he go anywhere without speaking?) and C-Span will cover it live.

DC, Charleston Funeral Processions|Details for Senator Robert Byrd|Your Funeral Guy

At 9:45 a.m. on Thursday July 1st 2010, the hearse carrying Sen. Byrd’s body will arrive at the Senate steps of the Capitol.

9:50 AM on Thurday July 1st 2010 The casket will be brought up the steps into the Senate chamber, and will be placed upon the catafalque that was first used for President Lincoln’s funeral in 1865 by an Honor guard.

10:15 am until 3:45 p.m., the public is invited to the  United State Senate Chamber Galleries to  pay their respects.

4 p.m  on Thursday July 1st 2010 -Senator  Byrd’s Casket  will  taken out of the  United States Senate Chamber to a hearse and move in procession to  a departure  from Andrews AFB.  Arrival time in Charleston, W.Va., is 5:50 p.m a Yeager Airport .

In Charleston  West Virginia a procession from Yeager Airport will take Senator Byrd past  the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse to the State Capitol, where the casket will be moved to the Capitol Rotunda.

9 p.m. Thursday  to  9 a.m  Friday there will be a public viewing in the West Virginia Capitol Rotunda Charleston,WV.

Between  11:30 a.m-12.00 AM  Friday, July 2nd   A MEMORIAL SERVICE will take place in The Capitol Rotunda in West Virginia.  The casket will be removed  from that location at 4pm

11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6,  the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va.will host Senator Robert Byrd’s Funeral   It is open to the public.

The address of The Church is: 3455 North Glebe Road Arlington, Virginia

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Senator Robert Byrd Funeral plans revealed|Your Funeral Guy

Some of the Funeral plans for Senator Robert Byrd have been revealed. This a partial list of funeral arrangements.(updated Tuesday June 29th at 4:30pm)

Thursday, July 1st 2010

Visitation,Viewing, Lie in State ” US Senate Floor”   Time 10 AM to 4pm

Chaplain Prayer in the Senate Chamber  Time 10:30 AM

Closed casket with honor guard

Public allowed in the Galleries of the Senate Chamber.

Thursday Evening Senator Byrd’s Body will Be taken to the West Virginia Capitol Rotunda where he will lie in State.

Friday July 2nd, 2010

Memorial Funeral Service In West Virginia, Friday

Time: 11:00 AM just after 12noon at West Virginia Capitol Rotunda

Tuesday July 6th 2010

Funeral in Arlington, VA open to the public

Private Internment

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Senator Byrd Funeral Lie in State In Senate Chamber Thursday, July 1st |Your Funeral Guy

Senator Byrd will Lie in State in the Senate Chamber on Thursday.  It is being reported that he will  NOT lie in  State the Capitol Rotunda.

“The body of West Virginia Democrat Robert C. Byrd will lie Thursday in repose in the Senate chamber, where he served for more than half a century.

Law enforcement officials and a Senate aide said Byrd’s casket will lie in repose in the Senate chamber, rather than the Capitol Rotunda.

There is ample precedent for such ceremonies, but none has occurred since North Dakota Republican William Langer’s funeral in 1959, according to the Senate Historian’s Office.-.google.news“

Senator Byrd served in the US Senate Chamber for 51 Years and is the longest Serving US Senator in American History.

Robert Byrd Died Early  Monday Morning. Some Funeral Arrangements have been made.

Sen. Robert Byrd will join Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy among historic figures who have lain in state in the Capitol Rotunda — an honor bestowed upon only 28 other Americans over the past 160 years.

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Here is a list of the Recent Senators who have lied in repose in the Capitol.

Here is a list of the last Five United States Senators to lie in State in the US Capitol

Borah, William E.                  Idaho                      January 22, 1940

Sheppard, Morris                  Texas                      April 10, 1941

Harrison, Byron P.(Pat)         Mississippi              June 23, 1941

McCarthy, Joseph R.            Wisconsin                May 6, 1957

Langer, William                 North Dakota              November 10, 1959

Senator Robert Byrd to be Buried at Columbia Gardens Cemetery Arlington, Virginia |Your Funeral Guy

Although no formal burial plans have been announced for Senator Robert Byrd,  the  Family Burial Site,  where  his wife Erma is buried  has the Senators  name on the gravestone. This is located at Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

The time of and date of a graveside Funeral Ceremony has not been announced. Senator Byrd is already listed as a famous internment at this cemetery by FindaGrave.com.

Snippet:

Byrd, Robert Carlyle b. November 20, 1917  d. June 28, 2010
US Senator. He was born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. and after his mother died in the 1918 influenza epidemic he was raised by his aunt and uncle, who renamed him. In 1946 he won a seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving until 1950, when he was elected to the State Senate, where he served until 1952. That year he was the successful Democratic nominee for a seat in the US House of Representatives and served three terms. Byrd was elected to the US Senate in 1958 and served from 1959.

via www.findagrave.com

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Columbia Gardens  Cemetery Photo from flickr under the creative commons license from_rockinfree’s photostream

No copyright on  Byrd Headstone Photo,  link http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18821093

CHICAGO:Contract Negotiations Resume with World’s Largest Funeral Corporation|Your Funeral Guy

Contract Negotiations Are Resuming on Tuesday and Wednesday with the World’s Largest Funeral Corporation and Chicago  Teamsters Local 727 Tuesday and Wednesday.

Being negotiated are wages(a freeze)  an exit from the Teamsters union Pension Fund, and an increase in union employees health care benefit cost.

But If matters are not settledwill Service Corporation International,  NYSE:SCI Funeral Homes will be affected in ChicagoLand. on July 1st 2010.

Here is  list of the specific Funeral Homes that May be affected by a possible strike.The following are SCI-owned and operated facilities.

* Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 4727 W. 103rd St., Oak Lawn, IL
* Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 5015 Lincoln Ave., Lisle, IL
* Central Prep, 7347 N. Monticello Ave., Skokie, IL
* Chapel Hill West, 17W201 Roosevelt Road, Oak Brook Terrace, IL
* Chapel Hill Gardens South, 11333 S. Central Ave., Oak Lawn, IL
* Cypress Funeral Home, 1698 Bloomingdale Road, Glendale Heights, IL
* Drake & Son Funeral Home, 5303 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL
* Funeraria de Angel Sagrado Corazon, 5219 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL
* Hennessy-Nowak Funeral Home, 400 Pulaski Road, Calumet City, IL
* Kenny Brothers Funeral Home, 3600 W. 95th St., Evergreen Park, IL
* Lloyd Mandel Levayah Funerals, 4750 W. Dempster St., Skokie, IL
* Marsh Funeral Home, 305 N. Cemetery Road, Gurnee, IL
* Malec Funeral Home, 6000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
* Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home, 6901 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
* Piser Chapels, 9200 N. Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL
* Ridge Funeral Home, 6620 W. Archer Ave., Chicago, IL
* William H Scott Funeral Home, 1100 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette, IL

The final two bargaining sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, June 29, and Wednesday, June 30 – the day the current three-year contract expires. If an agreement cannot be reached, the funeral directors and drivers will take a strike vote on Wednesday, June 30.

“This gigantic corporation brings its own outside agenda to the communities where our members have been working and living for decades,” said John Coli Jr., Local 727 Vice President.

via www.prnewswire.com

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Do not Be fooled by the tame looking photo of the Service Corporation International website in the Featured Image. SCI Management is very agressive in treatment of their employees and customers.