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Funeral service pending

Posted June 27, 2011 11:00 pm

Associated Press

KANKAKEE — Funeral arrangements for the wife of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan will be made by a Kankakee funeral home, but services will likely be private.

A spokesman for Schreffler Funeral Homes says the details for Lura Lynn Ryan's funeral services haven't been finalized.

Kankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner says Lura Lynn Ryan died Monday at about 10:40 p.m. at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. A cause of death wasn't available Tuesday.

Ryan had been diagnosed with lung cancer and hospitalized for apparent complications from chemotherapy.

She had spent the waning years of her life seeking freedom for her imprisoned husband.

The former governor is serving a 6 1/2-year federal prison sentence after being convicted of racketeering, conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements to the FBI.

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