The staff of Apple Inc. will hold a celebratory memorial Oct. 19 for co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Oct. 5.

A memo sent by new CEO Tim Cook to Apple employees on Monday, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, states Apple will host the event in an outdoor amphitheatre at Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters.

"Although many of our hearts are still heavy, we are planning a celebration of his life for Apple employees to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place," Cook said in his e-mail.

No other details were provided in the memo, but it is believed that management will encourage staff to share individual stories about the visionary and creative genius, his relentless and untiring contributions to the company and the world, how he probably touched the lives of his staff in a personal way, and how Jobs altered the technology industry and rallied Apple with his leadership and entrepreneurship.

"Like many of you, I have experienced the saddest days of my lifetime and shed many tears during the past week. And I've found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about Steve," Cook said.

The hard-driving visionary in the black turtleneck co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company, pioneered the concept of the personal computer and of navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse, and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet -- all which changed how consumers regard content in the digital age today.

Last Wednesday, Jobs died at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. A copy of his death certificate, made public on Monday, indicated he died at 3 p.m. and listed respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death, with "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor" as underlying cause. The cancer was diagnosed seven years earlier.