On April 17, 2014 (Holy Thursday that year), the ashes of Mom and Dad were laid to rest in a common grave at Resurrection Cemetery in Excelsior, Minnesota, just across the street from the home on Christmas Lake where they raised all ten of us. April 17 is my mom’s birthday; she died in 2013 on Holy Thursday, and her funeral Mass was celebrated on April 1, my dad’s birthday. Remembering them both with gratitude and love.

Wedding of James J Emmer & Mary Packard
Crystal, MN
September 2, 1950
James Joseph Emmer |
Mary Packard Emmer |
The ashes of both were laid to rest in a simple burial service:
April 17, 2014 – 10 am Central Time
Resurrection Cemetery
5555 Covington Road, Shorewood, MN 55331
Presider: Father Jim Livingston
To all of you who joined us in person, despite the snow:
our sincerest thanks!
Prior obituary notices:
James J. Emmer / Mary P. Emmer
Remembrances by the Emmer kids:
Audio:
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remembering Pops / celebrating Mom
on the passage through life / seven years
in gratitude for my dad / the Christian life: comfort by way of upset