The death of Henry Ford really shook up Detroit back on April 7, 1947. The whole city seemed to stop as it observed moments of reverent silence. His body was taken to Greenfield Village, where mourners and admirers came to pay their respects…approximately 100,00 of them. The city basically came to a standstill: gas stations closed, buses, streetcars, and motor vehicles all stopped running. Even Ford’s auto factories and car sales outlets around the world closed temporarily. It was the largest funeral in the history of Detroit.