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.

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’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, died in 2021​ but he left behind a eulogy that his son Ted will read at the service.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.

Despite former President Gerald Ford passing away in 2006 and former ... entrusting my remembrances of Jimmy to my son, Steve." Ted Mondale, son of Carter's Vice President Walter Mondale, also ...

Former Vice President Walter Mondale’s son ... was core to me as Carter's faith was core to him." Ford's son speaks Former President Gerald Ford had also left a eulogy before he passed away ...

Also delivering a eulogy today will be the son of the late former president Gerald Ford ... by their sons at this event,” Ted said. Ahead of the funeral, the New York Times published a copy of the eulogy Mondale wrote for Carter.

The state funeral for former President James Earl Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024, has concluded. The six-day series of events both kicked off and ended in the town that the Carters called home. WALB brought you up-to-date coverage throughout the course of Carter’s state funeral.

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington National Cathedral before a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown.