Washington ( CNN ) -- Current and past first ladies Michelle Obama , Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan will attend a memorial service Tuesday in California for former first lady Betty Ford . The White House announced that Obama would travel to Palm Desert , California , for the Tuesday service , which will be followed by a private funeral Thursday in Michigan . Clinton , the current secretary of state , will be accompanied Tuesday by her husband , former President Bill Clinton , an aide told CNN . Reagan also will attend the California service at St. Margaret 's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert , a Reagan Foundation official said . Former President George W. Bush also will attend the service but without his wife , former first lady Laura Bush , who had previous travel commitments , according to a spokesman . Bush 's mother , former first lady Barbara Bush , will attend the Michigan funeral , the spokesman said . Following the Tuesday service , Ford 's remains will lie in repose at the church until midnight , then be flown on Wednesday to Michigan to the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids , according to a website on the memorial plans . Ford 's remains will then lie in repose there beginning at 7 p.m. local time , said a statement posted on the website . On Thursday , Ford 's private funeral will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids , the statement on the website said . Ford , who died Friday at age 93 , raised awareness of issues involving women 's rights , cancer , alcoholism and substance abuse during and after her stint as first lady . Her late husband , former President Gerald Ford , died in 2006 . The alcohol and substance abuse treatment center in Rancho Mirage , California , that bears her name has become one of the best-known facilities of its kind in the country . In remarks to reporters Monday , Clinton said she was `` grateful for having known '' Ford . `` Her commitment to speaking out on issues that , before she took them on , were just not discussed made a huge difference in the lives of Americans , '' Clinton said . `` I remember well when my mother 's best friend was dying of breast cancer , nobody talked about it in those days , '' Clinton continued . `` But Betty Ford made it acceptable '' to discuss the issue in public . Also planning to be in California for the Tuesday service are protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church of Kansas , which cited on its website what it called Ford 's infidelity by divorcing a first husband to marry Gerald Ford . The church is known for publicity seeking protests at funerals of U.S. soldiers and others to promote its radical conservative Christian agenda . CNN 's Elise Labott and Tom Cohen contributed to this report .
NEW : Former President George W. Bush to attend , but not Betty Ford . Secretary Clinton praises Betty Bush for breaking taboos . Ford will have a public funeral in California , and a private burial in Michigan . Ford died peacefully at age 93 .