Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral was a somber time of remembrance, but also a celebration of a century of life, well-lived.
Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.
Walter Mondale penned a eulogy for his former running mate Jimmy Carter. Mondale has since passed away but his son delivered his father's eulogy at Carter's funeral on Thursday.
July 15, 1976 - Jimmy Carter asks Mondale to be his vice presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket. January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981 - Mondale serves as vice president under President Carter. November 4, 1980 - Carter and Mondale are defeated in the presidential election by Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
BERKS COUNTY, Pa. - In his one hundred years of life, former President Jimmy Carter certainly made a lasting impact. "Forget the President part, just look at the life," said retired Kutztown ...
FILE - A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the day of his arrival for a state visit, the first to Africa by an American president.