Funeral services are still unknown
Staff reports


Published Oct. 26, 2002 SERV26

Details of funeral services for U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, Sheila Wellstone, and daughter, Marcia Markuson, weren't available Friday night, but planning for a community-wide memorial service had begun.

The Minneapolis office of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas said in a statement that it is working with other community groups to plan a memorial service but that no date had been set.

Sen. Wellstone was Jewish.

In keeping with Jewish custom, the service won't take place until after the funeral, the council said.

"Minnesota lost a passionate and exceptional leader today," said David Orbuch, the council's president. "We express our deepest sympathies to the Wellstone family and to the families of the people who perished today."

Gov. Jesse Ventura's office informed the Wellstone campaign Friday that the Capitol rotunda is available if the family wishes to use it, said John Wodele, the governor's spokesman.

The rotunda has been used for reviewal of famous Minnesotans, including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey and former Gov. Harold Stassen.