Mourners pay tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Maria Shriver, grandchildren greet themBARNSTABLE, Mass. — Eunice Kennedy Shriver was celebrated by family members as a passionate humanitarian and a pious woman devoid of vanity on Thursday night, hours after thousands of mourners flocked to a white and gray clapboard church to pay their respects to the founder of the Special Olympics. Dozens line up outside Cape Cod church to pay tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver at wakeBARNSTABLE, Mass. — Dozens of people, including some Special Olympians holding yellow flowers, lined up Thursday outside a white and gray clapboard church to take part in a six-hour public wake for Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Thousands expected to attend Eunice Kennedy Shriver public wake at Cape Cod churchBARNSTABLE, Mass. — The hearse carrying the body of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, followed closely by her family, has arrived at the Cape Cod church where a public wake is being held. Rosemary Kennedy and LobotomyRosemary Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the younger sister of famous U.S. president John F. Kennedy. She was born in September 13, 1918, a year after her brother John. Rosemary Kennedy was the third child and first daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy. Death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver leaves 2 surviving Kennedy siblingsJoseph Kennedy, the millionaire businessman and one-time ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife, Rose, had nine children. Three became senators and one a president. |