Overview

• A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Central Baptist Church in Springfield, with livestreaming available on ABC7 platforms.
• Edgar’s casket lay in state Friday in the Illinois State Capitol Rotunda in Springfield.
• The public visitation ran from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., where visitors signed a memorial book and paid their respects.
• Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, MK, viewed the casket during the public tribute at the Capitol.
• Edgar died at 79 after pancreatic cancer and served as governor from 1991 to 1999, the last Republican elected to more than one term in that office.