Mark Melvin “Eme” Emmerich, age 59, of Medford, died Saturday, May 8, 2021 at his home.
A
memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, May 14 2021 at Hemer Funeral
Home in Medford with Rev. Dave Clements officiating. Visitation will
be held one hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral
home. Following the service, a lunch reception will be held at Mark
and Krissy’s home, N3189 Castle Road, Medford. All are welcome and
invited to join the family in telling stories, singing karaoke and sharing
memories of Eme.
Eme
was born November 9. 1961 in Medford to Myrtle (Hurtienne) and Melvin
Emmerich. He graduated from Medford High School in 1981. In
1980, Mark joined the Wisconsin National Guard and was enrolled in the Heavy
Equipment Operators School where he graduated with highest honors. Mark was
enlisted for 9-1/2 years. He loved to recite some of his marching
chants.
In
2005 Eme proposed to Kristen "Krissy" Olkives in Foxy's parking lot
on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Took forever, but they finally
married on October 20, 2012. They resided in Medford where Eme was
retired. He formally worked at Phillips Plastics, Wadal Plastics and also at
Black River Body & Custom. His passion was to rebuild and
customize cars and motorcycles.
Didn't
matter where Mark was, you could hear the famous "Woody Woodpecker
Laugh!" He loved karaoke, especially Nickelback and Hooked on a
Feeling.. Otherwise known to him as Ooga Chaka! He loved to work on bikes
and cars. He worked very hard after they moved onto Castle Rd to fix his
shop just the way he wanted. Anyone who knew him understood if you
wanted Eme to paint something, it would be done perfectly and he would still
ask over and over if it was good.
Mark
loved riding motorcycles with all his buddies especially Greg and Steve Lugo,
Kenny and Peggy Lichtl, Jeff and Dawn Schupp and many others. Going
to Tomahawk Fall Ride was his favorite way to end the summer. In 2013 the
"Eme ride" was started and grew til 2019. It was great to see
all of his friends on bikes.
Marks
other favorite thing to do was eat.. Especially Ice Cream and share it with all
of his furry friends!!
Mark
was a true survivor of many medical issues. He had a bad facial burn and
took his 1st helicopter ride to UW-Madison Burn Center. Eme always laughed and
said that was the end of his modeling career. In 2011 Mark was diagnosed
with a brain tumor and had a 23 hour long surgery and a long stay, but came
back and started laughing again. In 2017, he then had major neck surgery
and in 2018, back surgery. He also always had a bandage from something he
did in the shop.
He
will be dearly missed by his wife, Krissy; children, Jena (Cory) Faber of
Stetsonville, Curtis (fiancée, Aleda) Vaughan of Lake Hallie, Mersadies Vaughan
of Oshkosh, Amanda (Scott) Jones and Brock of Medford; sisters, Lola Kay (Dale)
Lekies of Peoria, IL, Darla (Edward) Dittrich of Medford; mother and
father-in-law, Isabel and Neal Olkives of Medford; in-laws, Belinda
Emmerich of Spooner, Deb (Bill) Olkives of Lake Geneva, SuAnn Johnson of Rib
Lake, Iva Jean (Wayne) Troiber of Medford, Jerome (Sue) Olkives of Silver Lake,
Julia (Jeff) Thums of Rib Lake; grandchildren, Austin, Emma, Charlie, Eddie,
Cullen, Ethan, Jett and Ava; many nieces and nephews; Favorite Bestie
Girl Joyce Blyton, Spencer and his best friend/canine companion, Scooby Doo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother,
Jay; brother-in-law, Donald Olkives; and his best friend, Curt Scholl.
In
lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the family.
Hemer
Funeral Service of Medford and Rib Lake is serving the family. Online
condolences can be left at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.
