A funeral service will be held Saturday for William Amos “Will” Craven, Washington state’s first Black mayor who passed away last Wednesday at the age of 86.

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William Craven, the first black mayor in Washington state, speaks from his home in Roslyn, Kittitas County, on Feb. 14, 2023.