Churchill, Winston Leonard Spenser (1874-1965)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Jan 28 p. 1, 3

Birth date: 1874 Nov 30

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Churchill Funeral Saturday In St. Paul's Cathedral

Funeral services for Sir Winston Churchill, arranged for next Saturday in London's famous St. Paul Cathedral, are likely to be the most elaborate in British history.

The 90-year-old British statesman, hailed as one of the most prominent figures of modern times, died last Sunday after having been in a coma for nine days as result of a stroke.

The array of world leaders attending the services is expected to surpass the attendance at the funeral of the late President Kennedy in 1963.

President Johnson, who had been confined to Bethesda Naval Hospital because of a severe cold said he is planning to fly to London for the funeral if his health permits. Others who have announced their intention to attend are Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, French President Charles de Gaulle, and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard.

Burial will be in a country churchyard at Blandon Village, outside London, near the graves of his mother and father, Lord Randolph Churchill, who died 70 years earlier, to the day, also in London.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Feb 4 p. 3

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80,000 Visit Churchill Grave Day After Funeral

An estimated 80,000 British and foreign pilgrims visited Sir Winston Churchill's grave on Sunday the day after he was buried at Oxfordshire village near London.

In the funeral on Saturday the British nation and representatives from around the world paid their last respects at ceremonies in St. Paul's Cathedral and in the long and pompous procession to the burial site. Only his family and close friends stood by as the body was lowered into the grave near those of the parents, Lord Randolph Churchill and his American-born wife, Jennie Jerome.