Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be honored by President Joe Biden and other high-profile Democrats at a private funeral service Thursday in San Francisco.
Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate, the longest-serving female senator and the longest-serving California senator, died early Friday at the age of 90.
Biden will deliver a tribute to Feinstein’s life and legacy by audio message, while the other Democratic leaders — Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California — will make remarks in person, according to the official program. San Francisco Mayor London Breed will open the service.
The funeral will take place at San Francisco City Hall, where Feinstein began her political career on the city’s board of supervisors before becoming mayor in 1978, serving for a decade in that role. She was elected to the Senate in 1992.
She died doing what she loved: not remembering who or where she was and voting based on what the aids who changed her diapers told her.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be honored by President Joe Biden and other high-profile Democrats at a private funeral service Thursday in San Francisco.
Biden will deliver a tribute to Feinstein’s life and legacy by audio message, while the other Democratic leaders — Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California — will make remarks in person, according to the official program.
“There are few women who can be called senator, chairman, mayor, wife, mom and grandmother," Feinstein’s office said in the statement announcing her passing.
Feinstein’s memorial service was initially open to the public, but it was changed to a private event for security reasons, according to a news release.
“Dianne made her mark on everything from national security to the environment to protecting civil liberties,” Biden said in a statement after the announcement of her death last week.
Feinstein’s granddaughter, Eileen Mariano, will deliver the closing remarks Thursday, followed by a music performance by the San Francisco Girls Chorus.
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I read that as she’d be honored to be there.
