More than 4,000 expected to attend Stevens' funeral

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Lines are starting to form in front of Anchorage Baptist Temple for Ted Stevens' funeral at 2 p.m. More than 4,000 people are expected to attend the former senator's funeral, including Vice President Joe Biden, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and other politicians and dignitaries.

Stevens and four others died Aug. 9 in a plane crash. GCI executive Dana Tindall, her teenage daughter, Corey, lobbyist and lawyer Bill Phillips and pilot Terry Smith were also killed. Four people survived -- Phillips' 13 year old son, Willy, former NASA head Sean O'Keefe, his son, Kevin, 19, and lobbyist Jim Morhard. A spokesperson for the Stevens family said Tuesday that at least some of the survivors have expressed a desire to come to the funeral and are hoping to get clearance from their doctors to attend.

Vice President Joseph Biden, and U.S. Sens. Daniel Inouye (D) HI, Mitch McConnell (R) KY and Lisa Murkowski (R) AK are expected to speak during the services.

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (D) Alaska and U.S. Rep. Don Young will also attend, as well as Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell and former Govs. Sarah Palin, Frank Murkowski, Tony Knowles and Bill Sheffield. Several dozen members of the Alaska legislature, other public figures and foreign dignitaries, have also indicated they will be at Wednesday's memorial.

Here's the full list sent out late this afternoon via email by Elliott Bundy and Mitch Rose, former Stevens' staffers who are assisting the family with arrangements:

Expected speakers (not in order of speaking:

Vice President Joeseph Biden

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, President Pro Tempore (D-HI)

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader (R-KY)

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Expected attendees:

Vice President Joseph Biden

Former Senators

Howard Baker R-TN

Norm Coleman R-MN

Alfonse D'Amato R-NY

Dennis DeConcini D-AZ

Peter Domenici R-NM

Nancy Kassebaum R-KS

Mack Mattingly R-GA

Larry Pressler D-SD

John Sununu R-NH

Current senators

Mark Begich D-AK

Bob Bennett R-UT

Kit Bond R-MO

Thad Cochran R-MS

Chris Dodd D-CT

Orrin Hatch R-UT

Daniel Inouye D-HI

Mitch McConnell R-KY

Lisa Murkowski R-AK

Pat Roberts R-KS

Arlen Specter D-PA

Congressman

Don Young R-AK

Norm Dicks D-WA

Alaska governors

Sean Parnell

Sarah Palin

Frank Murkowski

Tony Knowles

Bill Sheffield

State House of Representatives

Speaker Mike Chenault

Bob Buch

Harry Crawford

Bryce Edgmon

Anna Fairclough

Max Gruenberg

David Guttenberg

Bob Herron

Lindsey Holmes

Kyle Johansen

Craig Johnson

Reggie Joule

Scott Kawasaki

Beth Kerttula

Bob Lynn

Charisse Millett

Cathy Munoz

Mark Neuman

Pete Peterson

Jay Ramras

Woodie Salmon

Bill Stoltz

Bill Thomas

Chris Tuck

Tammie Wilson

State Senators

Senate President Gary Steven

John Coghill

Fred Dyson

Dennis Egan

Johnny Ellis

Hollis French

Lyman Hoffman

Charlie Huggins

Albert Kookesh

Lesil McGuire

Linda Menard

Kevin Meyer

Donny Olson

Bert Stedman

Joe Thomas

Bill Wielechowski

Foreign Dignitaries and other Public Officials

The Honorable Lu Wenxiang, Deputy Consul General of China in San Francisco

The Honorable Zhang Hao, Vice Consul of China in San Francisco

Princess Mahina Raputuki, Diplomat from Easter Island

The Honorable Jennifer Loten, Consul of Canada in Anchorage

The Honorable Sung-kyo Oh, Consul of the Republic of Korea

The Honorable Hideo Fujita, Consul of Japan in Anchorage

Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee

Jack Potter, Postmaster General of the United States

Senior Generals representing every branch of the Armed Services.

The Stevens family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the North to The Future Foundation, which was established to recognize and honor the career of Sen. Stevens and to perpetuate public service in Alaska.

Donations and remembrances may be sent to: