Joan Bennett Kennedy Laid to Rest, as Family, Friends Celebrate Her Life

During Boston funeral, family members recall Joan Bennett Kennedy - The Boston Globe

Pallbearers included Joan Kennedy’s nephew, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a program for the service.

‘A source of inspiration’: Family, friends say goodbye to Joan Kennedy

The Kennedy family, friends and Boston community gathered Wednesday to reflect on the life and legacy of Joan Kennedy after her passing last week — remembering her love of music, perseverance through challenges and widespread inspiration. “I admire my mother so much for the way that she faced up to her challenges with courage, grace, honesty and humility,” Ted Kennedy Jr. said in his eulogy, looking out to a chapel filled with dozens of family m…

Joan Bennett Kennedy laid to rest, as family, friends celebrate her life

Joan Bennett Kennedy, the former wife of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, was laid to rest Wednesday, just one week after she passed in her Boston home at the age of 89.