November 25, 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald Funeral in Fort Worth, Texas - Various clips

Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, who was himself murdered on November 24 by Jack Ruby, would be laid to rest on November 25. Undertaker Paul Groody, Miller Funeral Home, had great difficulty finding a cemetery willing to accept Lee Harvey Oswald's remains; Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth eventually agreed. A Lutheran reverend reluctantly agreed to officiate but then failed to appear. Reverend Louis Saunders of the Fort Worth Council of Churches volunteered, saying that "someone had to help this family". He performed a brief graveside service under heavy guard on November 25. Reporters covering the burial were asked to act as pallbearers. Oswald family members during the graveside funeral service for Lee Harvey Oswald are: Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, Marina, holding their daughter June; his brother Robert; and his mother, Marguerite, holding Marina and Lee's infant daughter Rachel.