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James Emery Obituary

Emery, James DeWitt 73, longtime resident of Evanston. Uncle of David Emery of Chicago, Rick Detwiler of Wentzville, Missouri and Diane Elzey of Toledo, Ohio. Son of the late DeWitt and Florence P. Emery. Brother of the late Marjorie Detwiler and Richard Lee Emery. Graduate of Miami University in Ohio and holds MBAs from both Northwestern and the University of Chicago. During his career, Mr. Emery worked at the Transportation Center at Northwestern University and spent the majority of his career as vice president for research at Brown Marketing Communications (formerly E.H. Brown Advertising) in Chicago. Mr. Emery was a longtime volunteer at Evanston Hospital and an avid reader and history buff. Memorial Service Saturday, September 13, 1 p.m., at Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home, 1100 Greenleaf Ave., Wilmette. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Levy Senior Center, 300 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL, 60202. Funeral Info: Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home, 847-251-8200

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Sep. 7, 2008.

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Jim Price

February 8, 2009

From early in my life Jim Emery was one of my favorite cousins. I remember when he would accompany his mom and dad to visit our family almost every year in Huntsville, AL. We played a lot of badminton and had many good natured debates about whether the Big Ten or SEC played better football. Jim loved my mom's blackberry jam and would eat most of a whole jar with buttered toast each morning for breakfast. :) Jim and I had some great times when I was in college at The University of Alabama. We made several trips to New Orleans and had a lot of fun on them. Jim would always reflect on them in later years. I guess that you could say that, although he was 10 years older than me, we played together. Jim was a big Cubs fan and I was a White Sox fan. We had a lot of fun with that rivalry. Jim was also a devoted caregiver to his mother, Florence, who was my father's sister. He cared about his family and made several pilgrimages to Alabama for family weddings, reunions, and funerals. I loved Jim and will miss him. He was a good and gentle man.

Love - Jim Price

Shar Wyatt

September 12, 2008

Jim was a very active part of our Fab 4 group. We had the pleasure of sharing 7 years of fun and learning. There was never a card or greating that we couldn't concour. If a cupcake had 3 candles we would need to have only one.

We had a lot of fun and a lot of good laughts and a ton of problem solving.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Carol Bulmash

September 11, 2008

Comp. were Great Fab 4 was fun
Can't be there in person- dog agility. Am there in spirit

Mary Singh

September 9, 2008

Jim was fun to be with in our Feldenkrais class at Levy. He is missed.

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