Memorial Information for Jenna Cooper

Memorial Information for Jenna Cooper
A memorial service for Jenna Cooper will be held on campus Tuesday, April 27, at 3 p.m. on Level 3 of West Memorial Stadium. Cooper, who was a three-year starter for the Nebraska women’s soccer team, passed away on Sunday evening after she was shot at her home early Sunday morning. The memorial service is open to the public and informal attire is preferred at the family’s request. Off campus visitors can park in the Area 10 parking lot surrounding the Nebraska Champions Club west of Memorial Stadium.

Funeral arrangements in her hometown of Louisville, Ky., have not been finalized but are tentatively set for 10 a.m. on Friday, April 30. Visitations will be Thursday from 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. at Pearson Funeral Home, 149 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, KY 40207.

A memorial fund has been established in Cooper’s honor. The family has asked that memorials go toward the University of Nebraska women’s soccer program. Individuals may send memorials to the Jenna Cooper Soccer Memorial Fund at the University of Nebraska Athletic Development Office. Checks should be made payable to the University of Nebraska Foundation.

Those wishing to send memorials may mail them to the address below:

Jenna Cooper Soccer Memorial Fund
University of Nebraska
Athletic Development Office
#117 South Stadium
Lincoln, NE 68588-0154
(402) 472-2367

Those wishing to send cards to the soccer team may mail them to the address below:

Nebraska Women’s Soccer Office
1101 Avery Ave.
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0218

Those who would like to send cards to the family, may mail them to the following addresses:

Ellen Cooper
2204 Northfield Drive
Louisville, KY 40222

William Cooper
8307 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, KY 40241