Nancy Reagan funeral set for Friday


Former First Lady Nancy Reagan's funeral on Friday will be private, but members of the public will be able to pay their respects at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library during the week.
Reagan, 94, died at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday from congestive heart failure. She will lie in repose from 1 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation announced Monday. She will be buried next to her husband, who died at the age of 93 in 2004, at the library. The White House announced Monday that First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the funeral.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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