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Stephen S. "Dede" Emarine, 51, of Council Bluffs, passed away April 1, 2007 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. Steve was born January 12, 1956, in Council Bluffs, to the late Donald G. and Frances (Pelzer) Emarine. He attended St. Francis Grade School and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1974. Steve married Ida Cannia on November 9, 1995. He was preceded in death by his brother, Donald Emarine on February 18, 2007. Steve is survived by his wife of 11 years, Ida Emarine; sisters Mary Anne Kopera and husband, Bill, Teresa Powers, all of Council Bluffs, and Fran Sleighel of Kansas City, Mo; brothers, John Emarine and wife, Reva of Knoxville, Iowa, David Emarine and wife, Cathy of Mason City, Iowa, Mike Emarine of Council Bluffs; aunts, Mary Ann Wager of Council Bluffs, and Elizabeth Schmidt of Superior, Wis.
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Harold Petersen
Leave it to Steve to pass away on April Fool's. Used to run around with Steve and his pals from St. Alberts. I was their token Lutheran. First time I saw YES in concert was with Steve and the crew in Lincoln. I was planning on getting reimbursed for several rounds I purchased at the tenth reunion. Dang, he's one up on me again.
Kathy Graff (Cardwell)
He had a tshirt that said "Have a shitty day" and so Kristin and I knicknamed him Shitty Day. He gave me his Boones Farm Strawberry Hill tshirt, which I felt honored at the time. So I guess you could say he's the kind of guy that would gvie you the shirt off of his back. RIP Shitty Day. Your bright smile will be missed. Stubs
Terry Cooper
Dede and I were neighbors from seventh grade on...both families with six kids! I was three years at Bloomer, he at St. Frances, so we actually had a few classes together as sophomores on. Yes, I remember the T-shirt...it was a fixture on the clothesline! More often though I remember his contagious smile....
Theresa Leibel (Curtin)
Steve and I were in one of Clarence Smelser's classes together. One day as Mr.Smelter took attendance, he noticed that Steve was wearing the "Have a Shitty Day"
T-shirt. Without saying anything, he gestured to Steve to come up to the front of the room. He took him into the hallway where they both disappeared. After about 20 minutes Mr. Smelser returned, followed by Steve who was wearing the T-shirt inside out. Even better was the grin Steve was wearing on his face. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of learning in Mr. Smelser's classroom that day.
The best feature of the T-shirt was that the words "Have a Shitty Day" encircled a very large smiley face.
RIP Steve