Gerald Ford funeral begins with simple ceremony at family church - USATODAY.com

re: "PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Military pallbearers carried the flag-drapped casket of Gerald R. Ford past his widow and children Friday afternoon and into the church where the late president had attended services for years and had his own "President's Pew."/Former first lady Betty Ford, 88, stood at the top of the steps of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church to receive the casket, then followed it inside as a Marine Corps band played "Ruffles and Flourishes" and the hymn "O God Our Help in Ages Past."..."...