Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.

One of the speakers at the memorial was Ted Mondale. His late father was Carter’s vice president, Minnesotan Walter Mondale. Before Mondale’s death a few years ago, he wrote a tribute for Carter, which his son Ted read on Thursday.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, delivered a tribute to former President Carter at his funeral that was written by his father before his passing. Mondale praised what they accomplished in their administration together and reflected on the trust Carter showed him.

Former President Gerald Ford and former Vice President Walter Mondale have passed away, but wrote eulogies for Carter's funeral before their deaths.

Gerald Ford’s son Steve Ford read his father's eulogy for Jimmy Carter at Thursday's funeral service, drawing a few smiles, laughs, and tears.

Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.

In his eulogy, Walter Mondale praised Carter for making human rights the linchpin of his foreign policy, for promoting environmental measures and for placing more women in high office than his predecessors, according to the newspaper. That included appointing future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an appeals judge.

President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor former President Jimmy Carter.

At Thursday’s state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, speaker after speaker referenced the humble Georgia peanut farmer’s commitment to God.

Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months in hospice care.