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Ex-First Lady Betty Ford, who died Friday at age 93, had fans in the Secret Service.
Ex-Secret Service agent Mike Shannon, who protected the Fords, and showed up Saturday at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids to pay respect, told WOOD-TV that Betty Ford was like “a mother” to him and other agents.
He told the station that Ford was always concerned about the agents and once gave him a bag of oranges to take home for his wife.
Gerald and Betty got married on Oct. 15, 1948 at the Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids.
