Jillian Emburg singing Over the Rainbow at Sonny's Celebration of Life

Sonny's Eulogy part two

Sonny's celebration of life Eulogy 

Mr. Emburg was a great neighbor, father, grandfather, father in law, greatgrandfather. He used to help us Whitt’s fix our computer whenever we had problems with it. My mom would always call him up to fix our computers and then she’d say “ I had better clean a path in the computer room so Mr. Emburg doesn’t trip.”He was a great computer technician. He will missed by neighbors, family, and friends. May his memory be a blessing. 🙏

I remember at about 4 years old riding in the basket of my brothers bike as he rode along narrow cow trails.Berry bushes and their biting stickers grabbed my already bloody face. By the time we got back home i was a bloody mess. When moms saw my face she was outraged and that was the end of that adventure.

Another adventure happened at the pools of water at thousand acreas, Troutdale. The floodwaters of the Columbia river retreated

leaving natural swimming holes. There were many people swimming there that day, My two big brothers left me in a inner tube while they went off to do something else. "Stay here, we will be right back"

I had a good time until i slipped down into the middle of the inner tube. i held on waiting scared until they returned and saved me from drowning, Sonny told me that all i had to do was stand up because the water wasn"t that deep. i had no idea that i could wade and was very scared for what seemed like eternity.

I had a speech problem, and stuttered. Sonny researched my problem at his school library and told me to put pebbles in my mouth and practice speaking, i found a place on a rock pile overlooking our backyard and the Mormon field. i learned to whistle there and made a unusual friend when a snake came out of it nest next to me and lay there listening to my whistles and eventually brought out her family to meet me

i was a Junior in high school when i was sent away from my undesirable friends to live with Sonny and his family in Sacremento, California. i enrolled in high school there, and met new undesrable friends.

Sonny was working for the airforce on Microwave stations on remote mountain top all over the state.. More than once he took me on trips to his job repairing some of those stations. Slippery icey roads leading up steep hills was very exciting. it seemed like that all of those stations were on such roads. Sonny didn't drive a four wheel drive but he never batted a eye and was never scared as we siipped and slid on those narrow roads. Cliffs on both sides and sometimes we nearly went over the sides.

Sonny never even acted nervous. Always calm and steady, I never saw him lose his temper, or even get mad, He was model dad and husband and in all the years of knowing him I never saw a hint of violence. if he ever spanked one of his children i never saw it or heard about it. He never hit his wife, or even lost his temper with her. i only saw him give Nina loving attention.

My parents owned a motel.  We lived in a big house by the motel. My mother and dad washed sheets and towls by a old ringer washer.  On Sunday all the family would comè to dinner that dad  prepared. Sandy and I had squirt  guns, we had freddy,and sonny come down stairs ware the sheets were hanging. We turned off the lights and had a squirt gun fight. We got the sheets all wet. Mom came down and was so mad she chased us with a cast iron skillet. Then she took our squirt guns away and said us girls and freddy was leading sonny astray.  ( Sonny just laughed,  but it was fun)

He was a great person. I have know him for over 65 years. He was always happy and enjoyed his family and friends. He is probably the first computer geek I ever knew. Even before I realized what computers did. He will be missed.

I have a lot of good memories of grandpa because he helped raise me.I lived with my grandparents off and on throughout my life. When I think of grandpa I remember different things he would tell me. Like I remember when I was a teenager, reading in the guest room and I would be completely absorbed in a book,and I remember him passing by and telling me “you’re going to eat that book up” or when I would be playing games at night and about to turn it off for bed he would say to me “Ah giving up already?” or when I had a neckache one time and I complained to him he told me “Pain means you're still alive” Now every time I have aches and pains this is something I remember and it empowers me when I have different aches and pains.

I also remember one time for my grandparents anniversary or Valentines Day, I don’t really remember but my grandpa wanted me to go with him to help him pick out a present for grandma. He told me he wanted to find a present that said “I love you” on it because he knew he didn't say it enough to grandma. He explained to me that he felt that “I love you” was just a word and he felt people abuse it too much. He believed you show love in your actions not words.But he wanted to find something that said it because he knew that it would make her happy. And grandpa dedicated his life to making her happy.