Hawaii said goodbye to Patricia Saiki, a political trailblazer whose influence on the islands still resonates.

• Saiki was Hawaii's first Republican congresswoman in the U.S. House, a rare feat for a Republican in heavily Democratic Hawaii politics.
• Before Congress, she served in both chambers of the Hawaii state legislature and later spent four years representing Hawaii in Washington.
• She helped organize Hawaii's first teachers' union and pushed through a state-level Title IX law banning sex-based discrimination.
• Friends and colleagues remembered her as a fearless, unwavering leader who stuck to her principles through the ups and downs of a long political career.

Outlook: Her memorial at Central Union Church stands as a tribute to a career that opened doors for women and Republicans in Hawaii politics.