Funeral services set for Arkansas football player
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Funeral services have been scheduled for a University of Arkansas football player who died over the weekend.
North Little Rock Funeral Home and Cremation Services confirmed Tuesday a funeral mass for Garrett Uekman has been set for noon Monday at Christ the King Catholic Church in Little Rock. The funeral will be preceded by a rosary service and visitation on Sunday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Little Rock.
The 19-year-old Uekman was last seen by his roommate playing video games before he was found unresponsive in his dorm room an hour later. He was in cardiac arrest when emergency services personnel arrived, and was pronounced dead shortly after noon.
The Washington County coroner says Uekman had a condition called cardiomyopathy, in which the heart becomes enlarged.
North Little Rock Funeral Home and Cremation Services confirmed Tuesday a funeral mass for Garrett Uekman has been set for noon Monday at Christ the King Catholic Church in Little Rock. The funeral will be preceded by a rosary service and visitation on Sunday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Little Rock.
The 19-year-old Uekman was last seen by his roommate playing video games before he was found unresponsive in his dorm room an hour later. He was in cardiac arrest when emergency services personnel arrived, and was pronounced dead shortly after noon.
The Washington County coroner says Uekman had a condition called cardiomyopathy, in which the heart becomes enlarged.
