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A funeral was held in St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Chestnut Hill yesterday for former Massachusetts governor Edward J. King, who died Sept. 18 at 81. Among the several hundred mourners were (from left) King’s sister-in-law Peggy King, his son Timothy with granddaughter Elisabeth, and daughter-in-law Mary King.

Service evokes memories of a governor

Hundreds bid King farewell

By Brian MacQuarrie
Globe Staff / September 26, 2006

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NEWTON -- During a simple, moving funeral Mass where faith and politics intersected in the pews, former governor Edward J. King was eulogized yesterday as a man of integrity who worked tirelessly for Massachusetts. (Full article: 454 words)

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