Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen's family have taken up the Queensland and federal governments' offer to farewell their matriarch at a state funeral.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's office confirmed on Thursday she and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had agreed to extend the offer of a funeral or memorial service to Lady Flo's family, depending on their wishes.
Her son, John Bjelke-Petersen, thanked the government and said the family would accept a state funeral.
"Mum certainly deserves the recognition by that," he told AAP.
Mr Bjelke-Petersen said the family was working on a date that would suit as many people as possible, but it would be held in the Kingaroy Town Hall, near where she lived for most of her life.
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"That's where dad's funeral service was," he said.
The former senator, best known for being the wife of long-serving Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and her pumpkin scones, died on Wednesday aged 97 following complications from a fall she suffered a few weeks ago.
Sir Joh received a state funeral when he died in 2005 and was buried on the family's property Bethany in Kingaroy.
