Meier, Emily Moran 68, a fiction writer and resident of St. Paul, died of cancer on January 11, 2013, at the J. A. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Born on June 10, 1944 in Decatur, Illinois to Mark R. and Marianne Williams Moran, she married Robert C. Meier in Bayport, Minnesota on September 4, 1965 and is survived by him. She is also survived by a daughter, Whitney Ferrer (Javier), and son, Adam Meier (Sara), and six grandsons, Benjamin, Nicolas, and Daniel Ferrer, and Owen, Tate, and Casey Meier, a brother, John Moran, and his children, Michael and Jennifer, and many other nieces and nephews. Emily graduated with a Bachelor's degree in American History from Brown University in 1966, and Master's degrees in American History from the University of Arizona in 1968 and in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota in 1992. The books Emily published include the Civil War historical novel ‘Suite Harmonic: A Civil War Novel of Rediscovery,' the novels ‘Time Stamp,' ‘The Second Magician's Tale,' and ‘Clare, Loving,' as well as two collections of short stories. Emily's fiction has appeared widely, including in The Second Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories, the North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and the Threepenny Review. She won national fiction contests at the Florida Review and Passages North and was a recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board fellowship, a Loft-McKnight fiction award, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In the last years of her life, while battling cancer, Emily created an independent publishing house, Sky Spinner Press, and created a website, skyspinnerpress.com, focused on her publications and her approach to the writing craft. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, New Harmony, Indiana. In honor of Emily's lifelong love of music and reading, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the fund set up in her name through the MusicLink Foundation, which links students with professional music teachers and makes lessons and instruments more affordable for these students, 1043 N. McKinley Rd., Arlington, VA 22206 (musiclinkfoundation.org) or in time spent mentoring children in reading. Twin Cities Cremation 612-866-6711
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January 16, 2013
Elaine Vargo and Manuel Guerrero
January 15, 2013
The Bakers
All of you are in our thoughts and prayers. We hope that warm, loving memories of wonderful times with Emily will provide you comfort.
January 15, 2013
Joan Parlin
I am Scott Turner's mother-in law. Emily was Scott's aunt. Although I never knew Emily personally, I admired her through Scott's eyes as he spoke of her with so much love and admiration. I send my sympathy to your family. I know how much Scott and his wife Jennifer (My daughter) will miss Emily.
January 15, 2013
Shannon Sprague
May you find comfort in the knowledge that she achieved great things in her life. The next few weeks and months will be hard, but I hope that remembering her life and spirit with friends and family will bring you some measure of happiness and peace. Our thoughts are with you and if there is anything that we can do, please let us know. (friends of Adam and Sara)
January 15, 2013
Scott Turner
Emily was a special person and a light in my life -- I will miss her.
January 14, 2013
Susan T
Heartfelt condolences to the family and such fond memories of our friendship over the years.
January 14, 2013
Our thoughts are with her lovely family.
Love,
The Weiss Family (Columbus, Ohio)
January 13, 2013
Kelley Murphy
I knew Emily for all too a short a time, and all of it online at The Plum Line and All Things in Moderation, but she was a light of inspiration, wisdom and downright joy. She touched my heart with her writing, both on the blogs and her books, and the weekend that she spent discussing Suite Harmonic with us was a highlight for me. I will never forget her.
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