POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Anthony Shriver says his father, whose legacy of public service included developing the Peace Corps into an international force, loved all people from all backgrounds.
Anthony Shriver welcomed those attending Saturday’s funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver, who died Tuesday at age 95. Sargent Shriver, known as “Sarge,” founded the Peace Corps and later was instrumental to President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty.
He recalled one of his last conversations with his father. He said his father told him: “You tell Cardinal Wuerl to make Eunice a saint!” He was referring to Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington and Sargent Shriver’s late wife, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Wyclef Jean played piano and sang “All the Ends of the Earth” as guests including the Shriver family clapped along.
