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Source: The Philadelphia InquirerSept.self storage 04--Shortly after beginning his eulogy for Joan Krajewski Wednesday morning, the Rev. Joseph Campellone asked how many people in the congregation had been called "an idiot" by the former councilwoman.Dozens of hands shot up, including a good portion belonging to her former Council colleagues, who filled the two front rows of Christ the King Parish."Even the mayor," Campellone laughed, pointing to Mayor Nutter, who had his hand in the air.Krajewski, who died last week of chronic lung disease at age 79, served in City Council for 32 years, representing a proudly blue collar swath of Northeast Philadelphia.Known for her immovable will and blunt assessments, delivered in a husky smoker's voice, Krajewski was immensely popular in her Sixth District, where she was most at home holding court in one of the neighborhood diners. She retired in 2011, after winning reelection seven times."I'm glad she was old school," said Campellone, the president of Father Judge High School and a longtime friend of Krajewski's. "We need people who are going to say, 'I don't need an office. My office is going to be a diner. My office is going to be K-Mart. My office is going to be Frankford Avenue.'"Above all, he said, Krajewski was ruled by her belief that "integrity makes you who you are."He recalled the time she shut down a racially-charged housing meeting in her district when someone in the audience referred to "those people."Campellone remembered her thundering back at 迷你倉he hostile crowd, "What do you mean 'those people.' This is over. We're all God's people."Krajewski may have been tough, "but when it came to her grandchildren, she was a real softy," said her daughter-in-law, Michele Krajewski.When the first of her five grandchildren was born, Krajewski wasn't sure she could stand being called a grandmother. Luckily, her granddaughter took to calling her "Memom.""That was a name Joan could live with and love," Michele Krajewski said.After the service, Mayor Nutter laughed, recalling his battles with Krajewski -- no matter how they ended, she always sent him away with a joke and wished him well, he said.Nutter especially remembered his six-year effort as a councilman to ban indoor smoking in Philadelphia."She would just say, 'You must be crazy. I can't vote for that,'" the mayor said.He also recalled the time he spoke to Dennis Farina, the recently-deceased actor who was one of Krajewski's favorites. Nutter convinced Farina to call the councilwoman -- but she didn't believe it was him and hung up. Farina called back and eventually convinced her the call was not a prank."She called me and she was ecstatic. 'I can't believe you did that,'" Nutter said. "There wasn't anybody like her and there won't be anytime soon."Contact Troy Graham at 215-854-2730 or tgraham@phillynews.com, or follow on Twitter @troyjgraham.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉