HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A memorial service will be held Wednesday at Sci-Quest for Christian Adamek, the 15-year-old Sparkman High School student who committed suicide last week.

The service itself will begin around 7:15 p.m., but the space will be open at 5 p.m., according to an email being circulated by friends of Christian's father, Daniel Adamek. Friends are encouraged to arrive prior to the service to visit with the family.

Sci-Quest is located at 102 Wynn Drive.



"Christian loved the color orange and Vans shoes, so you are welcome to come 'representing' as you desire and are able," wrote Jay Newkirk, chair of the Energy Huntsville Initiative and one of the friends supporting the family.

Christian Adamek (Photo from Hughart and Beard Funeral Home's website)

The teen's favorite chocolate cookies will be served.

The Adamek family's friends have also set up a memorial fund at Redstone Federal Credit Union. Anyone can go into any branch of the bank, ask to see its website donation page and find the Adamek Memorial Fund account number.

Donations from outside the Huntsville area can be sent to Jay Newkirk, Chair of Energy Huntsville Initiative, 103 Spring Meadow Drive SW in Huntsville, zip code 35824, or to the Adamek Memorial Fund c/o Redstone Federal Credit Union, 220 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, zip code 35893.

Christian Adamek died Oct. 3, a day after hanging himself. His death came less than a week after he found himself in trouble for streaking naked across the Sparkman High football field during the Senators' Sept. 27 game against Grissom High School.

Though details of his discipline by the school district have not been made public, Adamek's sister indicated on Twitter that he faced expulsion.

Sparkman principal Michael Campbell last week told WHNT News 19 that the incident had also been referred to the Madison County court system to determine if criminal charges should be filed.

Campbell's interview aired the day before Adamek hanged himself.

In the interview, Campbell specifically mentioned public lewdness. Under Alabama law, public lewdness is a Class C misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of three months in jail.

A funeral for Adamek was held Monday in Hopkinsville, Ky., near the home of his maternal grandparents, John and Kay Smithson.

Christian Adamek is also survived by his father, Daniel; his mother, Angela Smithson Adamek; his siblings, Nathaniel and Danielle Adamek; and his paternal grandparents, Paul and Carol Adamek of Dayton Beach, Fla.

Updated at 12:20 p.m. to clarify the time of the memorial service.