Former Congresswoman Mia Love, who died Sunday at age 49, will lie in state in the Utah Capitol Rotunda next week.
Members of the public can visit the Capitol on Sunday, April 6, between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., according to a post to Love’s social media account. The family previously used the X account, formerly Twitter, to notify the public of Love’s death.
A memorial service will be held Monday, April 7, at 10 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion on the University of Utah campus. It will also be open to the public.
Love was the first Black Republican woman to serve in the U.S. House. She served two terms from 2015 to 2019. Before that she was elected to the City Council in Saratoga Springs and later as mayor of that Utah County city.
After leaving Congress, Love was a political commentator on CNN and a rotating guest host on the daytime talk show “The View.”
Love frequently told of how her parents, Jean Maxime and Marie, emigrated to the United States from Haiti with $10. Born Ludmya Bourdeau in Brooklyn, her family later moved to Connecticut. She studied musical theatre in college, and after graduating, became a Latter-day Saint, moved to Utah and married Jason Love. The couple have three children — daughters Alessa and Abigale and son Peyton.
Love was diagnosed with a glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in April 2022. Despite a dire prognosis, she lived nearly three more years. Earlier this month, her family shared that the tumor had stopped responding to treatment.
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