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This memorial website was created to remember our dearest Emily Noel Frugoli who was born on September 24, 1975 and passed away on August 8, 2008.  She was 32. Emily lived in Eugene with her partner of 8 years, Brody Shea.

 

Emily was born September 24th, 1975 in Santa Monica, California to Valerie Devereux and Milton Frugoli. She was the “baby” of the family, the youngest of four siblings. Emily always had a deep love for her family and often spoke of how important they were in her life.

 

She spent her first several years in Westlake Village, a suburb of Los Angeles, until her parents split and her mother transplanted the two of them to the mountains outside Aspen, Colorado in 1984. There, Emily attended middle school at the Aspen Community School.

 

After middle school Emily returned to Southern California, attending the Happy Valley School in Ojai for two years, and then Westlake High School for her final two. After high school Emily returned to the Roaring Fork Valley in Colorado, where she spent 3 years enjoying nature, her friends and life in the mountains. It was these years in Colorado that cemented her love for the outdoors.

 

In 1995 she moved to Eugene, Oregon where she attended Lane Community College. She graduated with an AA in Early Childhood Education in 2001 and got her BE in Family and Human Services from the University of Oregon in 2004. Emily was devoted to her work with children, especially children with special needs. “Teacher Emily” worked for Deb and Christopher Michaels of Seven Stars Childcare beginning in 1996 and began her work with EC Cares in 1999, eventually becoming a permanent status employee in 2004. Emily worked in a variety of settings with a diverse population of students, including children with autism, physical challenges, and vision and hearing impairment, as well as homeless children. Emily had the natural ability to see each child as a unique individual and had an innate talent for working with children with multiple disabilities. There are not many people who were as comfortable being around children with severe disabilities as Emily was, which led to her being in charge of tube feeding for many children. She cherished, supported, and shared her great joy for life and learning with the many kids she taught. Her boundless playful energy, creativity, gentle attention to children, and belief in their ability to transcend their limitations helped her to guide many of her students to excel beyond anyone else’s expectations. Emily believed all children were “born stars”.

 

Emily met Brody on her birthday in the fall of 2000. They met at an intimate gathering of friends and quickly became inseparable. The couple enjoyed hiking and camping and had a voracious appetite for the outdoors. One of their favorite destinations was the Oregon coast. Together they shared many happy years of adventure.

 

Emily is survived by her parents Valerie Devereux and Milton Frugoli, her siblings Tina, Jon and Greg Frugoli, her niece Estelle, and the love of her life, Brody Shea.

 

She will be immensely missed by her family, numerous friends, co-workers and the children and families whose lives she touched. There is no doubt that all who knew Emily felt graced by her boisterous laughter, childlike spirit, zest for life, and ability to love unconditionally. She had a gift for making people feel like they were uniquely special. Emily had a carefree, playful quality that made her a pleasure to be around. She loved to sing, dance to her favorite music, garden, travel, be with animals, and create crafts. She was adventurous and silly with a wonderful sense of humor. If you ever needed someone to join you for an ice-cold dip in a mountain lake, or to jump (more like back flip) off a high cliff into deep waters, she was always ready and willing. She loved the water. Emily knew how to experience life fully and passionately. To be in her company was to be alive to life’s beauty and magic. Her friend Chandra said it well, “a friendship with Emily was like falling in love”.

 

 

Hers is a profound loss for all that knew her.

 

 

It was not unusual that after hugging Emily, you would be covered in her fairy goddess glitter. Please sprinkle some of the “Emily fairy dust” in honor of her bright light.

 

 

And did you get what

you wanted from this life even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself

beloved on this earth.

~Raymond Carver

 

 

 

 

Donations accepted for an Emily “fountain” and classroom support for children with special needs to:

 

Emily Frugoli Memorial Fund

c/o Selco Credit Union

Downtown Eugene Branch

(541) 686-8000

Questions regarding donations, please call:

(541) 485-0567

 

 

We are making a memory book in honor of Emily. Please share your memories, comments, letters. You can mail them to:

Seven Stars Childcare

1193 Van Buren St

Eugene, OR 97402

 

Thank you for being here and celebrating the life of Emily.