--- title: Nancy Reagan Death: Details on Former First Lady's Funeral description: Nancy Reagan will be laid to rest in California next to her late husband, former President Ronald Reagan, her spokeswoman said Sunday canonical: https://time.com/4249020/nancy-reagan-funeral-service-details/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-06T20:56:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:52:05.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nancy Reagan Will Be Buried at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library og:description: She'll be buried next to her beloved husband og:url: https://time.com/4249020/nancy-reagan-funeral-service-details/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf51b76d3cf37b6f8/69888065f887dc4cd8e94ea1/nancy-reagan3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3748 og:image:height: 2108 og:image:alt: FILES-US-POLITICS-REAGAN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nancy Reagan Will Be Buried at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library twitter:description: She'll be buried next to her beloved husband twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf51b76d3cf37b6f8/69888065f887dc4cd8e94ea1/nancy-reagan3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nancy Reagan Will Be Buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library > Sponsored content. 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Nancy Reagan at the unveiling of a statue of her husband, US President Ronald Reagan, in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2009. Karen Bleier—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:52 PM UTCPublished: Mar 6, 2016 8:56 PM UTC Nancy Reagan will be [laid to rest in California next to her late husband](https://ml.reaganfoundation.org/PDF/Day%5Fof%5FAnnouncement.pdf), former President Ronald Reagan. The 94-year-old former first lady, who [died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles](http://time.com/4248853/nancy-reagan-dead-first-lady/) from congestive heart failure, will lie in repose at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday and Thursday, the Library said in a statement. She will be buried on Friday at the Library, which is the final resting place of her husband. The ceremony, which is closed to the public, will begin at 11 a.m. First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the funeral, a White House official said. 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