{"id":13743,"date":"2023-11-16T08:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=13743"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T08:17:11","slug":"state-funeral-for-former-first-lady-theresa-kufuor-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=13743","title":{"rendered":"State funeral for former First Lady Theresa Kufuor today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today, November 16, 2023, a state funeral will be held for the late First Lady Theresa Kufuor at the Forecourt of the State House.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event commences at 7 a.m. with a file past followed by a burial mass at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The former First Lady died on Sunday, October 1, at the age of 87 in her home in Peduase, surrounded by her family.<\/p>\n<p>A Requiem Mass was held on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, in her honour at Christ the King Catholic Church in Cantonments, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>High-profile personalities, including former President of Nigeria Olusongu Obasanjo, Vice President of Liberia, Ghanaian politicians, members of the New Patriotic Party, as well as family and friends of the late former First Lady attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa Kufuor married former President John Kufuor in 1962 and served as Ghana\u2019s First Lady between 2001 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Final funeral rites for the former First Lady will be performed at Heroes Park in Kumasi on Saturday, November 18.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: expressnewsghana.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, November 16, 2023, a state funeral will be held for the late First Lady Theresa Kufuor at the Forecourt of the State House. 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