Details on memorial services for former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar were released Tuesday as an obituary was published, describing the late politician as "a leader who cared, not just about results, but about people."

Edgar's body is expected to lie in state Friday in the Rotunda of the Illinois State Capitol Building. Visitors can pay their respects from 3:30 - 7 p.m., with a memorial book available to sign.

Services for Edgar will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Central Baptist Church in Springfield. Those services will be www.blueroomstream.com .

Edgar, who served two terms as Illinois’ governor in the 1990s, passed away Sunday at the age of 79 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

“It is with heavy hearts we share the news that our beloved husband, father and grandfather Ji

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