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DiMaggio funeral set for Thursday

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Posted: Tuesday March 09, 1999 07:02 PM

Sts. Peter and Paul Church is located in an area of the city where Joe DiMaggio spent his childhood. AP

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Joe DiMaggio's funeral on Thursday will be private and held at the same church where in 1939 he married his first wife, actress Dorothy Arnold.

About 30 family members and close friends will attend the baseball great's service at Sts. Peter and Paul Church.

The church's twin steeples tower over the North Beach section of San Francisco where DiMaggio spent most of his childhood.

The service begins at 1 p.m. EST and will be closed to the public, church officials said Tuesday. Pallbearers have not been announced.

DiMaggio's body was flown from Miami to San Francisco late Monday on private jet. The Hall of Famer died Monday at 84 at his home in Hollywood, Fla.

After marrying Arnold in 1939, the couple divorced in 1943. DiMaggio wed Marilyn Monroe in 1954 and they divorced later that year.

 

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