Whitney Houston’s funeral service will be private and will be held Saturday in the New Jersey church where she attended as a child. There will not be a public service but the private service may be broadcast for fans.
The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark said that Houston’s funeral would be held at noon Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, and there would be no wake.
The 48-year-old Houston died Feb. 11 at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Officials say she was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a bathtub.
After an autopsy Sunday, authorities said there were no indications of foul play and no obvious signs of trauma on Houston. It could be weeks, however, before the coroner’s office completes toxicology tests to establish the cause of death.
