Daughter of Fox Butterfield and Elizabeth Mehren. Emily was born 15 weeks prematurely at one pound, eleven ounces. Active and alert, she fought to survive, but died 53 days later of necrotizing enterocolitis. Her story was made into a book and a movie, both titled "Born Too Soon".
Emily's brother, Samuel "Sam" Josiah Butterfield, was born in 1990 and died in 2013.
Emily's brother, Samuel "Sam" Josiah Butterfield, was born in 1990 and died in 2013.
Daughter of Fox Butterfield and Elizabeth Mehren. Emily was born 15 weeks prematurely at one pound, eleven ounces. Active and alert, she fought to survive, but died 53 days later of necrotizing enterocolitis. Her story was made into a book and a movie, both titled "Born Too Soon".
Emily's brother, Samuel "Sam" Josiah Butterfield, was born in 1990 and died in 2013.
Emily's brother, Samuel "Sam" Josiah Butterfield, was born in 1990 and died in 2013.
Gravesite Details
Her ashes are buried between her grandparents, Lyman Henry Butterfield and Elizabeth Eaton Butterfield, at their summer home. Lyman and Elizabeth also have a burial site at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA.
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