State Funeral of President Kennedy: White House, post funeral Reception. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (left, back to camera) visits with President of France, General Charles de Gaulle, during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Ambassador-designate from South Vietnam to Cambodia, Tru1ea7n Chánh Thî0nh; Ambassador of Spain, Antonio Garrigues y Díaz-Cañabate. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.