WHY AM I NOT GOING TO NANCY REAGAN'S FUNERAL??? SITTING PRESIDENTS DO NOT TYPICALLY ATTEND FORMER FIRST LADY FUNERALS. HISTORICALLY THEY NEVER HAVE. FDR DIDN'T ATTEND LOU HENRY HOOVERS. REAGAN DIDN'T GO TO BESS TRUMAN'S. JIMMY CARTER DIDN'T ATTEND MAMIE EISENHOWER'S. CLINTON DID NOT ATTEND PAT NIXON'S. BUSH SKIPPED LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S.