(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Neuqua Valley High School will host a memorial service for 21-year-old Franco Patino and 20-year-old Jacob Jurinek.
The childhood friends graduated from the Naperville high school a year apart and were among eight people killed during the Astroworld music festival in Houston.
In a letter sent out to families on Tuesday, Neuqua Valley Principal Lance Fuhrer said it’s rare that a national tragedy hits the high school community.
"This hits home in many ways: Young people with potential, a friendship forged at our school, advancing their studies in college, attending a concert, and celebrating a birthday," Fuhrer wrote. "These are all things with which we can identify."
Students, staff and alumni will be invited to campus for a memorial service to honor Patino and Jurinek.
The date has not been set, but Fuhrer said it will be held after the individual services take place.
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