Memorial service for St. Thomas student today
by Tim Post, Minnesota Public RadioSt. Paul, Minn. — A memorial service will be held today for Dan Zamlen, the University of St. Thomas freshman whose body was recovered from the Mississippi River last week.
Zamlen disappeared during the early morning hours of April 5th after leaving a house party.
Hundreds of volunteers searched for Zamlen, who was diabetic, for more than three weeks.
His body was found last week in the Mississippi River near the St. Paul Ford plant.
Zamlen will be remembered in a memorial mass today at 4:30 p.m. at the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
A funeral service will be held Saturday at noon in Resurrection Catholic Church in Evelyth, Zamlen's hometown.
