Clinton, Scarnati Among Speakersfor CBK Memorial Service

Governor Edward G. Rendell, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, U.S. Rep. John Murtha and Lt. Governor Joseph Scarnati III will address a memorial service in the Capitol Rotunda at noon on Friday, Nov. 21, to honor Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, who died Nov. 12.

Most Rev. Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Harrisburg, will lead the invocation and benediction.

The service will include performances by the Keystone Christian Education Association All-State Choir, which is made up of 150 students from across the state. An Honor Guard that will include representatives of the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania State Capitol Police and members of the Pennsylvania National Guard will serve as pallbearers. The program is as follows:

Performance by Keystone Christian Education Association All-State Choir
Honor Guard carries Lt. Gov. Baker Knoll’s casket to Rotunda
Invocation - Bishop Kevin Rhoades, Diocese of Harrisburg
Governor Edward G. Rendell
U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, New York
Lt. Gov. Joseph Scarnati III
U.S. Rep. John Murtha
Choir performs
Benediction - Bishop Kevin Rhoades

The public may view the service via closed-circuit video at the Forum Auditorium in Harrisburg. Accommodations are available for persons with disabilities.

The service also will be carried live by the Pennsylvania Cable Network, which is distributed on more than 150 cable systems serving more than 3.3 million homes. A complete listing of PCN affiliates and network channel designations is available at www.pcntv.com.

For reasons of security and crowd control, the Capitol Rotunda will temporarily close to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. The Rotunda will reopen at 2 p.m. to allow the public to pay final respects to the Lt. Governor, who will lie in repose until 2 p.m. on Saturday.