Mrs. Paul Ben-Gurion, wife of Israel’s first Prime Minister, was laid to rest today in a gravesite near the Negev Midrasha, secondary and high school which David Ben-Gurion had selected as the family tomb. Mrs. Ben-Gurion died yesterday in Beersheba Hospital at the age of 76.
More than 2,000 people journeyed to this tiny Negev town where the Ben-Gurions made their home to pay tribute to Mrs. Ben-Gurion whose coffin lay in state in the school library. Among them were President Zalman Shazar, members of the Cabinet and of the Knesset (Parliament). The funeral procession started at the school library. Afterwards, many of the prominent Israelis who attended visited with Mr. Ben-Gurion at his home.
David and Paul Ben-Gurion were married in New York City Hall in 1917. They have three children, a son Amos and two daughters, Geula and Renana.
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