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Verma Pastor, middle, wife of former Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, wipes away tears outside of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church after a funeral for her husband Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Phoenix. Rep. Pastor was Arizona's first Hispanic member of Congress, spending 23 years in Congress before retiring in 2014. Rep. Pastor passed away last week at the age of 75. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

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PHOENIX — Dozens of mourners on Friday bid farewell to Arizona's first Hispanic member of Congress, the former U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, who was remembered as a devoted public servant and doting family man in a ceremony that filled a large Phoenix church with laughter and sometimes tears.

By ASTRID GALVAN, Associated Press December 8, 2018