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She died on Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer. For the last 18 months she was being cared for in a hospice, her family said.

Former alderman Dale Hodges remembered Higgins as a "force unto herself."

He said Higgins made her presence most felt on council when it came to matters concerning the city’s operating and capital budgets.

“She was a person who was very interested and very determined to make sure that city finances were under control,” he said.

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