Emanii Sophia Younassoghlou

On Jan 29, 2004 Emanii showed up in this world which you know if you knew her because she never let you forget when her birthday was coming up! From the very first day of her life she was always beautiful, with the most radiant smile and angelic ringlets that disguised her utterly mischievous nature!

Thankfully those traits evolved into the smart, sassy precocious Emanii we all know and love: The Emanii that would stay up into the wee hours of the morning to have giggly conversations and binge watch “TheOffice” or “Friends” as long as she could snuggle with someone, or have you on video chat. The Emanii that wouldn’t hesitate to pull the cancer card if you wanted to eat at a restaurant she wasn’t into. The Emanii that had little patience for stupid adults but boundless love and patience for her small cousins and siblings and friends. The Emanii that became an amazing artist and a talented singer, and lover of Broadway. (Hamilton, anyone??) Whether she was feeling great or having a bad day she still had such a joy, you couldn’t help but want to be around Emanii. This extended into to her meeting local celebrities, the Hamilton Broadway cast (complete with backstage tour) and the Vice President’s wife. Emanii was so lovable she even got an impromptu bedside birthday serenade from Justin Timberlake (I told you she was serious about her birthday!) She was a ferocious fighter that bounced back from harsh chemo’s, failed treatments and health scares with a dark humored joke and a resolve to just keep moving. On the worst day you could walk in her room and find her singing an excerpt from her favorite song: “Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now...” Emanii leaves behind a trail of love from Florida to Texas to Hawaii and everywhere in between.

Though Emanii left us suddenly on May 29, 2019 we can only assume it was because she finished trying every art project in the world and now she’s some place resting, singing her favorite songs.