Public memorials for Walter Mondale in September, family says

Public remembrances planned in both Minnesota, D.C., with dates, details to be announced later.

April 23, 2021 at 6:27PM
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale, left, sits onstage with former President Jimmy Carter during a celebration of Mondale’s 90th birthday on Jan. 13, 2018. Mondale died Monday, April 19, 2021, at the age of 93. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP, File) (Anthony Soufflé • Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The family of former Vice President Walter Mondale said Friday that they are planning public memorial services for him in both Minnesota and in Washington but not until sometime in September.

Mondale, the southern Minnesota native who served as vice president from 1977 to 1981 and was the Democratic nominee for president in 1984, died on Monday in Minneapolis. He was 93.

The family said they would release dates for the services and other details at a later date.

"The family is deeply appreciative of the messages of condolence received from around the world," read the statement the family released on Friday.

In the days before he died, Mondale talked by phone to multiple U.S. political leaders including President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Patrick Condon • 612-673-4413

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Former Vice President Walter Mondale, left, with former President Jimmy Carter during a celebration of Mondale’s 90th birthday. (Anthony Soufflé • Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Patrick Condon is a Night Team Leader at the Star Tribune. He has worked at the Star Tribune since 2014 after more than a decade as a reporter for the Associated Press.

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