Do you mean for his funeral, or that he should have had better timing when he died? I know the timing is bad, but you would still think some respect could be shown. A person has to give respect if they wish to be respected too.
Well, the Ford family had no control as to when the former president died, but if I had been them, I would have waited until after the holiday to hold any form of services.
In my opinion, it is unreasonable to expect people to just drop whatever their plans are, when on Tuesday everyone would have been back in Washington.
Not a matter of disrespect on outsider's part at all.