Family, Friends Mourn Lidle

Mourners arrive at Forest Lawn Memorial Park for the funeral of Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

From left, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, former Yankee great Reggie Jackson, active player Derek Jeter and manager Joe Torre arrive at a memorial service for Cory Lidle.  (Reed Saxon / AP)

Joe Torre arrives at a memorial service for Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle was remembered as “a loving husband and an awesome father” at a memorial attended by family, friends and teammates.  (Reed Saxon / AP)

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter talks with reporters as he arrives at a memorial service for Cory Lidle.  (Reed Saxon / AP)

Family and friends of Cory Lidle gather outside Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Reggie Jackson arrives for the funeral of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle and his flight instructor, Travis Stanger, were killed Oct. 11 when Lidle’s small private plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Journalists gather for the funeral of Cory Lidle. The family held a public memorial for the Yankees pitcher.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Mortuary staff stands outside gate of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina for the funeral of Cory Lidle. Several hundred attended the services.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Christine Perkins, who said she was giving assistance in funeral arrangements, speaks with journalists outside Forest Lawn Memorial Park.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Detail of a pin worn by mourners attending the funeral for Cory Lidle.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Family and friends embrace next to the casket and photographs of Cory Lidle.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Mourners embrace outside Forest Lawn Memorial Park during the funeral of Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Left-right, Former New York Yankees player Reggie Jackson, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, Yankees Senior Vice-President and General Manager Brian Cashman and Yankees manager Joe Torre gather outside before reception at Faith Community Church in West Covina.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Yankees manager Joe Torre embraces Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, outside reception at Faith Community Church in West Covina.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Kevin Lidle, center, holding flowers, arrives at a memorial reception for his twin brother, New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

A photograph of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle greets mourners as they arrive at reception at Faith Community Church in West Covina.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

An emotional Melanie Lidle, wife of New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle attempts to make a statement outside the reception.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Melanie Lidle, left, widow of New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle is comforted by her husband’s agent, Jordan Feagan, right.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Friends embrace each other as they arrive at reception.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Detail of a pin honoring Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle, worn by many gathered at reception at Faith Community Church in West Covina.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)