Remembering Mr Hockey: Gordie Howe's Family Opens Visitation And Funeral To Public
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Gordie Howe's visitation and funeral will be open to the public.
The visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena, the home of the Detroit Red Wings, the team Howe played for during much of his Hall of Fame career that started in 1946 and ended in 1980.
Howe's funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (9844 Woodward Ave.) in Detroit.
For the visitation, fans will be able to park in the Riverfront Executive Lot (located directly west of Joe Louis Arena) or in the Joe Louis Arena Garage (900 W. Jefferson Ave.) and enter the building at street level through the arena's west entrance. The Howe Family will be present to greet the public, and Gordie Howe will lie in state inside the arena bowl.
After paying respects at ice level, the public will have the option to head to the concourse level of the arena to view the Gordie Howe statue. A member of the Red Wings video team will also be stationed on the concourse level for fans who wish to share a memory of Gordie Howe.
Those who wish to pay their respects but cannot attend the visitation can join the thousands who have already shared their Mr. Hockey stories on the Red Wings' "Gordie Howe Tributes" fan page at Facebook.com/GordieHoweTributes.
Murray Howe told The Associated Press that his father will be cremated and his brain will not be studied for possible concussion trauma.
The man forever known as "Mr. Hockey" died Friday. He was 88.
Howe set NHL marks with 801 goals and 1,850 points that held up until Wayne Gretzky came along.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to one of the following charitable organizations:
• The Gordie Howe Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (www.ghi4tbi.org or mail a check to ProMedica Foundations, 5217 Monroe St., Suite A-1, Toledo, OH 43623)
•The Howe Foundation (3128 Walton Blvd., #255, Rochester Hills, MI 48309)
•The Gordie Howe Fund for Alzheimer's Research (Saskatoon Community Foundation, 101-308 Fourth Ave. North, Saskatoon, SK Canada, S7K 2L7)
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