Emily Faith Widger was born on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1992 in Lincoln, NE to Dan and Deb (Lee) Widger. She died in an auto accident on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014 alongside the love of her life, Matt Kirchhoff and their dog Bear. She attended St. Wenceslaus Catholic Grade School, Bishop Neumann Catholic High School and Wahoo Public High School. Though she was on the cross country team, fine arts were really her thing-speech team, small group vocals, choir & show choir, marching, pep and concert band. She was a member of National Honor Society. Emily also participated in God Teens and sang with the Folk Choir at St. Wenceslaus Church. She graduated in 2010 from Wahoo Public School and was one of the first to receive a Patricia Starr Music Scholarship. Her first 2 years of college were spent at Doane College in Crete where she had an emphasis on music and was involved with Resident Life Council; then a year at University of Nebraska-Kearney studying business and was involved on the Executive Board of the University’s Residence Hall Association. She was presently continuing her education at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, pursuing business and marketing. She was employed part time at Payless Shoes and worked full time at Target in Lincoln as the Team Leader on the Pricing Team. A degree in business and marketing would help obtain her goal of moving up in the Target Company. Emily loved God, her family, her friends, shoes, jewelry, clothes, Taco Bell Meal Deal #4, Grandma Widger’s lasagna and her pets. The love of her life was Matt Kirchhoff. They planned to spend the rest of their lives together and now they’ll rest side by side forever.

Emily is survived by her parents, Dan and Deb Widger; sister Amy Widger; grandmother Ila Widger; aunts and uncles: Becky and Gary Freeman and children: Jeremy and Angie and family, Stacy and Jed, and Robbie and daughter; Sue and Cap Pinkerton and son: Justin and Alisa and family; Ed and Betty Lee and children: Tiffany and daughter, Patrick and Jill and family, and Nicole; Jim and Sharon Lee; John and Tammy Lee and children: Johnathon, Chris, Mike and Brandy, and Mikala; Karen and Ron McMullen and children: Zach, Cody and Jake; Sam and Michelle Widger and children: Keri and Justin Rahn and family, Adam, Zach, Megan, and Hannah; Carrie Widger and children: Sarah, Alicia and Brian Dieter and daughter, and Matthew.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Bob and Annetta Lee, Orville Widger; uncles, Mark Widger and Jerry Pat Lee; cousin, Savannah Lee.

Rev. Charles Townsend will be officiating.