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A funeral Mass was held at Saint Cecilia's Church for former Boston mayor Kevin White.

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Kevin White's widow, Kathryn White, paused at his casket inside the church.

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Mark White, one of the mayor's five children, received a standing ovation from mourners at the service after he spoke about his father.

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White's daughter, Caitlin, widow Kathyrn, and son Mark listened to reminiscences about the former mayor during the Mass.

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US Representative Barney Frank said the former mayor was someone who wanted to see a better Boston.

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Governor Deval Patrick, Senator John Kerry, Representative Barney Frank, and former state Treasurer Robert Crane attended the Mass.

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Crane, a friend of Kevin White's for some 55 years, delivered the eulogy, getting laughs on more than one occasion.

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Former Kevin White spokesman George Regan, Governor Patrick, and BRA chief Peter Meade laughed as Crane delivered the eulogy.

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Kevin White's daughters, Caitlin White, right, and Elizabeth White, delivered a reading at the service.

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Mayor Thomas Menino hugged Kevin White's widow Kathryn at the end of the service.

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After the Mass was over, pallbearers escorted the casket down the church aisle. The White family followed.

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Barney Frank, Mark White, and Mayor Menino chatted before the start of the Mass.

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The family of former Boston mayor Kevin White waited on the steps of St. Cecilia's Church as his casket was placed in a hearse.

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Former Boston mayor Ray Flynn stood as the motorcade for Kevin White passed following the funeral.

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Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray left the church after the funeral.

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Kevin White's niece, Beth Casey, waited for the funeral procession with her son, Tommy, at St. Cecilia's Church.

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White family friend Sarah Lydon watched the procession with other bystanders at St. Cecilia's Church.

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Kevin White's son Christopher, widow Kathryn, and son Mark entered the church for the funeral services.

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Kevin White's family prepared to enter the church before the services.

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Officers with the Boston Municipal Protective Services saluted as the funeral procession for former mayor Kevin White passed.

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Flowers were placed at the foot of the statue of former Boston mayor Kevin White in Faneuil Hall this morning.

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Deborah Bolling, daughter of late state representative Royal Bolling, paid her respects at the statue just after the procession passed.

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Officers saluted as the vehicle carrying the casket of Kevin White drove by Faneuil Hall.

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The funeral procession left the Parkman House on Beacon Street.

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Robert Matson, also known as the "mayor of Beacon Hill," stood outside the former White home as the motorcade passed.

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Robert Matson shook the hand of Kathryn White as the procession passed the former mayor's home on Mt. Vernon Street.

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Fifth-grade students from the Advent School stood outside Kevin White's home on Mt. Vernon Street as the procession passed.