SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Gov. Jim Edgar lies in state in the Illinois Capitol rotunda on Sept. 19, 2025.

Edgar’s memorial service will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Central Baptist Church in Springfield. The event will be livestreamed .

Edgar, Illinois’ 38th governor who served from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday after disclosing an aggressive cancer diagnosis earlier this year. He was 79.

You can view previous coverage here: Jim Edgar, Illinois’ 1990s-era moderate GOP governor, dies at 79

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