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THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, B

Associated Press Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy and her children during a mass for her husband at Arlington National Cemetery yesterday. She carries crutches for leg broken in skiing accident. Rites Held at Robert Kennedy's Grave

Special to The New York Times l and Robert Kennedy's 11 chil- the children moved forward to WASHINGTON, June 6 dren were among the family Family members and about a members present. place flowers on their father's hundred invited guests attended An aura of family intimacy grave. Three-year-old Rory, memorial services for Senator surrounded the unpublicized dressed in white with a ribbon Robert F. Kennedy under gray services, compared with past in her pony-tailed hair, stepped skies at Arlington National years when thousands of peo- away from the group and Cemetery early today on the ple massed at the gravesite. fourth anniversary of his death. whirled on her toes, waving a Five of Robert and Ethel red rose at the crowd. Leaning against the crutches Kennedy's children gave short she carries as a result of a readings at a mass celebrated The family then began mov- skiing accident in March, the by the Rev. Albert F. Pereira ing slowly, greeting friends slain Senator's widow, Mrs. of St. Luke's Roman Catholic along the way, up the 150-foot Ethel Kennedy, stood with his Church in the family's home walkway to the site where John brother, Senator Edward M. parish in McLean, Va. As she Kennedy is buried. There, in- Kennedy, at the front of a descended from the altar fol- side a tall enclosure of hedges, semicircle of relatives through- lowing a reading of "Lord, Caroline Kennedy laid a rose on out the 45-minute service. make me an instrument of your the granite marker. Friends and Kennedy staff peace," the youngest of these, The Kennedys and their members, past and present, 11-year-old Kerry broke into a friends then drove to Hickory ranged around the family and smile that was returned by her Hill, Mrs. Kennedy's home in up the slope on which is set relatives. McLean. the white cross marking Robert Guests joined in the singing Kennedy's grave. of folk tunes to guitar accom- Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy paniment, led by a group of Onassis, the widow of President 13 young performers. The John F. Kennedy, and her lyrics of several of the songs daughter, Caroline, Mrs. and had been adapted from Robert Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver Jr., Kennedy's speeches. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith Near the end of the services,