Jene Pierson, a key member of the research group that helped to revolutionize lymphoma care in Nebraska, died July 1 in Glendale, Ariz., after a battle with colon cancer. She was 75.
There will be a burial service held at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Graceland Park Cemetery, 4720 S. 42nd St. A reception will follow at 2 p.m. in the Linder Reading Room on the second floor of the Sorrell Center.
Memorials should go to the Hematological Malignancies Fund at the University of Nebraska Foundation in Omaha and the P.E.O. Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa.
To read UNMC Today’s story on Pierson, click here.