Jenni Rivera's brother stated that he's hoping that a public memorial scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 19, will be a "graduation into heaven" for the late singing sensation.

The memorial is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. until noon at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk. The respective service, titled "Celestial Graduation," was named by the 43-year-old's family and will be led by minister Pedro Rivera Jr.

"We will celebrate the graduation into heaven, with honors, of our beloved mother, daughter and sister Jenni Rivera," said the family in a statement, according to The Los Angeles Times. "The Rivera family appreciates all the love given to our beloved Jenni Rivera who graduated on December 9th and now rests in the arms of our lord."

Rivera's family also asked that a private burial being conducted separately be kept discrete. However, the singer's children did ask for flowers to be donated to the Jenni Rivera Love Foundation along with a white rose.

The National Transportation Safety Board and Mexican officials are currently investigating the plane crash that killed the singer. However, it could take as long as nine months to a year for the results to be determined.

The very same plane that caused Rivera and her fellow passengers' deaths had sustained "substantial" damage in 2005 when a fuel imbalance left one of its wingtips outweighing the other by as much as 300 pounds more. Although he logged more than 7,000 flight hours, the unnamed pilot lost control of the plane and hit a runway marker when attempting to land in Amarillo, Texas, but nobody was injured.

Rivera along with six other people onboard a Learjet 25 were tragically killed when it crashed near Iturbide, Mexico, earlier in the month. Mexican authorities said they have strong reason to believe that her plan plummeted 28,000 feet at over 600 mph.

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