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Former Senator 'Uncle' Ted Stevens

MARY PEMBERTON (AP) 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ted Stevens was remembered for touching many lives during his four decades as a U.S. senator and using his considerable clout to bring change to Alaska: from indoor toilets in rural villages to paving the way for love.  Gertrude Bunyan, 73, said Stevens...got the funds to provide inside plumbing to homes in her village of Hooper Bay, which also got a new high school and health clinic. "He really helped the villages. We sure are going to miss him," Bunyan said.

Stevens, 86, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator, was killed last week in a plane crash in Alaska doing something he truly loved: fishing for salmon.

 

 

 

Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke at Stevens' funeral, recalled that when he was new to the Senate and had just lost his wife and daughter in a car accident, Stevens walked over and offered his friendship. "His word was his bond," Biden said. "His personal generosity was surprising in how quickly it was offered." Thousands of people attended his funeral Wednesday in Anchorage's largest church. It marked the end of three days of remembrances that began Monday when several hundred people attended a Catholic Mass in Anchorage. Mourners filed past a closed casket Tuesday as Stevens' body lay in repose at the Episcopal church.

Mourners pay their respects to former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens during funeral services at the Anchorage Baptist Temple Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

'Uncle' Ted Stevens
What will you remember most about the life and Senate service of Ted Stevens?
That he was the longest serving Republican Senator in US history.
That he was a tireless advocate for Alaskan causes.
That in the Eisenhower Interior Department, he held many senior positions.
That he championed the Gravina Island 'Bridge to Nowhere'.
That he likened the internet to a 'series of tubes'.
That he was convicted of, but later had charges dropped regarding, seven counts of lying on a Senate disclosure form to conceal $250,000 in gifts and home renovations from an oil industry executive and other friends.
Ted Stevens conquered much tragedy in his life including prostate cancer and the death of this first wife Ann.

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