LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – A memorial dedicated to former Husker cheerleader Julie O’Meara Jernstrom was torn apart and ripped from a bench near East Stadium, according to her husband, Ross Jernstrom, who suspects vandalism.
The memorial, dedicated in April 2025, sits about a hundred yards from East Stadium. It commemorates Jernstrom, who cheered at Memorial Stadium in 1977, nine years before night games began, and who died of pancreatic cancer.
Fellow former Husker cheerleader Deb White discovered the tribute torn apart last week…