Marcos’ Mother to Be Entombed--at Last

MANILA —  The remains of Ferdinand E. Marcos’ mother will be entombed in a refrigerated mausoleum this month--nearly two years after her death, the family mortician said today.

Before the Sept. 28 death in Hawaii of the ousted and exiled president, the Marcos family had insisted that it would not bury his mother, Josefa Edralin Marcos, unless he was permitted to return home for the funeral.

Josefa Marcos, who died May 4, 1988, will be kept in the encasement indefinitely until both mother and son are allowed to be buried together in the Philippines, the mortician, Francisco Malabed, said.

Marcos, who died at age 72, was entombed in Hawaii on Oct. 15.