FILE - Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell pauses during an interview in her office at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company Deputy Chief Kevin Kowalski pays his respects to former Governor M. Jodi Rell as she lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)

Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz talks with Micheal and Maura Rell after paying their respects to the former Governor M. Jodi Rell as she lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)

Mourners pay their respects to the former Governor M. Jodi Rell as she lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)

Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz pay their respects to the former Governor M. Jodi Rell as she lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)

Former Gov. M. Jodi Rell lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol before the public is allowed to pay their respect in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)

Members of the First Company Governor's Foot Guard pay their respects to the former Governor M. Jodi Rell as she lays in state at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP)