Funeral Mass for Beau Biden set for coming Saturday

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President Obama to deliver eulogy for Beau Biden at Saturday services in Wilmington

President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy at a funeral service for Beau Biden on Saturday.

Funeral services are now set for Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden and former attorney general of Delaware who succumbed to brain cancer last weekend.

All of the services except for a private funeral Mass for the family will be open to the public, according to the Office of the Vice President.

The honors will begin on Thursday, when the body of Beau Biden will lie in honor at Legislative Hall in Dover, the Delaware capital, from 1-5 p.m.

On Friday, a public viewing will be held at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic in Wilmington, from 1-4 p.m. and then again from 6-9 p.m.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic. President Obama will deliver a eulogy in honor of Beau Biden at this service.

Burial at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery.

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