According to the Family Statement, Joan Mondale, herself an avid potter, died Monday afternoon with her husband, sons Ted and William, and other family members by her side.
Former vice president said in a written statement, Joan was greatly loved by many. We will miss her dearly. Joan Mondale was given a grand platform when her husband was elected Jimmy Carter’s vice president in 1976.
According to the statement of the Carter and his Wife Rosalynn, She was exemplary in using the opportunities public service provided to advance the arts and other issues important to her and many Americans.
Joan Mondale would later take her cultural zeal overseas when her husband was named U.S. ambassador to Japan during President Bill Clinton’s administration.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar first met Joan Mondale while working as an intern for the vice president in 1980. Klobuchar still has two coffee mugs on her kitchen table that were made by Joan.
According to the Klobuchar, She was always down to earth. She was just as happy going out to rural farms in Elmore (Minnesota) as she was mixing it up at fancy receptions at the ambassador’s residence in Japan.
Wife Of Former Vice President dies, Arts Advocate Joan Mondale
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