LINCOLN, Neb. -- The remains of a former University of Nebraska football standout have been identified, less than two days before a memorial service for the man who had been presumed dead in a terrorist attack in Indonesia.

Two bombs exploded Oct. 12 outside two popular nightclubs in Bali, killing more than 190 people, including Jake Young, 34, an attorney based in Hong Kong and former All-America center at Nebraska.

Many of the dead were burned beyond recognition, and Young's parents, Jacob and Barbara Young of Midland, Texas, sent their son's medical records and samples of their own hair and saliva to Indonesia in hopes of identifying any remains.

They had given up hope of finding their son alive as the days passed. A memorial service was planned for Saturday in Overland Park, Kan., and Oct. 30 in Midland.

Those services would take place as planned, officials at the churches said Friday.

A spokesman for the family, Joe Dominey, said the State Department informed them at about midnight Thursday that Young's remains had been identified.

It appeared Young died instantly, Dominey said Jacob Young told him.

"I think probably some closure is important,'' said former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, who coached Young from 1986-89 and now is a Republican congressman. "It's been a real difficult thing.''

Jake Young had been in Bali for a rugby tournament and planned to take a job as an attorney at bank holding company Dickinson Financial Corp. in the Kansas City area. He would have been rejoining his wife, Laura, and 2-year-old son, Wilson, who had moved there in anticipation of the change.

Young had been working in Hong Kong for the London-based law firm of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, the world's largest.