BRIAN:..A WEST MICHIGAN WOMAN,
WHO RISKED HER LIFE HELPING
JEWS DURING WORLD WAR TWO IN
THE NETHERLANDS HAS DIED.BUT
HER LEGACY LIVES ON
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SUE:..THE COMMUNITY WILL COME
TOGETHER THIS WEEKEND TO
REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE
LIFE OF DIET
EMAN..BRIAN:..NEWS 8'S
JACQUELINE FRANCIS TALKED TO
THOSE CLOSEST TO HER DURING
HER PASSING -- AND JOINS US IN
STUDIO WITH HOW THEY'RE
REMEMBERING HER...
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JACQUELINE:..AT 99 YEARS OLD
DIET EMAN'S PASSING WAS SAD
FOR ALL THOSE AROUND HER..BUT
EVEN SO, HER LOVED ONES LOOK
FORWARD TO CELEBRATING A LIFE
THEY SAY FOREVER CHANGED
HISTORY
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"AND THEN SLOWLY BUT SURELY IT
DAWNED ON ME IF MY LIFE WASN'T
TAKEN THEN GOD HAS ANOTHER
PLAN FOR MY LIFE."A HOLOCAUST
SURVIVOR AND DUTCH RESISTANCE
HERO..DIET EMAN DIED TUESDAY
AT THE AGE OF 99.
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" I HAD THE HONOR OF WATHCING
A SAINT GO HOME"BORN IN THE
NETHERLANDS -- EMAN'S STORY
BEGAN DURING THE NAZI
OCCUPATION OF WORLD WAR II.AT
THE AGE OF 20 SHE JOINED THE
DUTCH RESISTANCE ... HER
BRAVERY SAVED THE LIVES OF
HUNDREDS OF JEWS ... GIVING
THEM EVERYTHING FROM SHELTER
TO FORGED IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
HER STORY HAD CHAPTERS OF
ROMANCE ..AND CHAPTERS OF HER
STORY HAD CHAPTERS OF ROMANCE
..AND TRAGEDY... AND IS ONE
THAT FOREVER TOUCHED THE LIVES
OF THOSE AROUND
HER--
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SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, OTHER
THAN A FAITH IN JC, THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE IS A
SENSE OF HUMOR. AND SHE AND I
LAUGHED. WE WOULD LAUGH SO
HARD. WE WOULD JUST HAVE SO
MUCH FUN LAUGHING TOGETHER. A
FAVORITE MEMORY TAKING THEM
BACK TO 2007-- WHEN EMAN
OFFICIALLY BECAME A CITIZEN OF
THE UNITED STATES.JOHNSHE'S
ALWAYS BEEN SO PROUD TO BE AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN. WHEN SHE GOT
HER CITIZEN SHIP SHE JUST HAD
THIS SMILE PRESSED ON HER
FACE. SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL TO
BE PART OF A COUNTRY THAT HELD
THEIR OWN CONVICTIONS. AND
WHILE HER LIFE MAY BE OVER..
HER LEGACY LIVES ON.
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JACQUELINE:..DIET EMAN'S
CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE
WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AT 2 PM AT
SEYMOUR CHRISTIAN REFORMED
CHURCH IN GR. ALL ARE WELCOME.
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO
WOODTV.COMIN STUDIO, JF, NEWS 8
