Facts

Religion

Joey Roman Catholic

Emily Roman Catholic

Education

Emily
Linnwood Elementary School, Milwaukie, Or
Rowe Jr High, Milwaukie, Or
June 2001: Milwaukie High School, Milwaukie, OR (GPA 3.4).
2001-2004: Attended Portland Community College, Clackamas Community College, Portland State University.
June 17, 2006: Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (Architecture and Interior Design) from Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon (GPA 3.4).

Occupation

Emily
2001-2004: Attending school and working at Learning Universe Day Care.
Jun2006-Dec2006: Working for a home remolder.
Jun2007-2009: Working and interning as an Interior Designer for Atelier Interior Design in Lake Oswego, OR.
2009-2019: Stay-home-Mom.
Joey On-premise District Sales Manager for Western Beverage Distributors, Troudale, OR.

Military Service

Medical History

Emily
December 2016: diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy in June 2017. Emily was informed that the operation was successful and she needed no further treatment. In January 2018, she noticed a lump below the breastline. The diagnoses came back as triple negative breast cancer. Treatment: Chemo by port, surgery, radiation, surgery (remaing tumor tissue removed), and oral Chemo with completion in March 2019. In June 2019 Emily was diagnosed with metastatic stage four breast cancer. She entered a clinical trial at Oregon Health Science University shortly thereafter. The clinical trial was unsuccessful. Emily was removed from the trial and passed away shortly thereafter. Emily endured tremendous suffering in the last 3.5 months with relentless pain. Throughout all of this, she never gave up hope.

Journal Entries: Emily's Caring Bridge Journal Entries, from 4/26/2017 to 9/2/2018.

Other

Emily
Member of NWSID (Northwest Society of Interior Designers).

Joey and Emily have known each other since third grade. They attened the same elementary and high school.

Joey got remarried in the summer of 2022 to Lisa, whom he knew previously. She has two children, Avery and Luke, similar in age to Ella and Paisley.