Emilie graduated from Utica Free Academy in 1934.  At UFA she appeared on stage in the senior class play, her first theatrical production.  She worked at Utica Mutual Insurance and acted in radio dramas for Utica stations before moving to Rome with her husband in 1940.  While managing a household for her husband and two daughters, Emilie held positions in several local businesses as secretary and bookkeeper.  She earned an insurance agent’s license and a notary public designation.
     In 1950, a friend suggested Emilie audition for a part in “Born Yesterday” which was to be staged by the Rome Civic Theater in a theater on East Dominick Street.  Emilie was successful in that audition and also became a member of the organization.  In 1953 The Rome Theater Guild and the Rome Civic Theater merged to form The Rome Community Theater.  The first production of the newly formed organization (RCT) was “Light Up The Sky”, staged in October in the Rome Free Academy auditorium on Turin Street.  Emilie was a member of that cast and for the next fifty plus years, she supported RCT productions and operations in numerous capacities on stage, back stage, in the front of the house and on the board of trustees where she held the office of president.  As a representative for district six (Central New York), Emilie also worked with the Theater Association of New York State.  Additionally, Emilie appeared on stage in several Players of Utica productions.
       In addition to her full schedule of RCT activities, Emilie provided service to the Rome community as a volunteer with the Rome Historical Society, the Rome Art and Community Center, the Rome Women of the Moose, Rome Trading Post, Rome.