President Obama calls Sen. Ted Kennedy an `` extraordinary leader '' Boston service Friday will precede burial in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library . `` His ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives -- in seniors who know new dignity ; in families that know new opportunity ; in children who know education 's promise ; and in all who can pursue their dream in an America that is more equal and more just , including myself . '' Funeral will be at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Massachusetts 's Mission Hill section . Body will lie in repose Thursday and Friday at Obama presidential library .
President Obama calls Sen. Ted Kennedy an `` extraordinary leader '' Boston service Friday will precede burial in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library . Funeral will be at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Massachusetts 's Mission Hill section . Body will lie in repose Thursday and Friday at Obama presidential library .