Emilio J Celaya

Emilio was born on February 1, 1990. He is the eldest sibling of 3 from his moms side and eldest of 2 from his dads side. He has 3 biological kids John & Jack from a previous relationship & Remington with his wife. He also has 2 step children Alicia & Anthony. He was married to Desirae on August 28, 2022. On July 8, 2024 Emilio started a new career as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. His love for the water and fishing made this opportunity even more exciting because he was gonna be doing something he loves to do for fun as a career. This new career came with a lot of challenges one of them being so far away from his family. He wanted to quit a few times when he first started but with multiple conversations between me and him he stuck it out and those hard days got better. Short phone calls, simple text to just say I love you and goodnight to me and his daughter that was our families new reality. In October 2024 he was able to come back home for a week for a break before the next season started up. One week of physical touch will never be enough because little did we know that would be the last time we would physically be near him. He left back Alaska to continue working on October 12, 2024. Same routines short conversations, quick texts, face time calls before bed to see him. It was our new reality that we were getting used to. On November 30, 2024 we were on a 2 hour face time talking about all the things we were gonna do when he came back home in a week. He had one more fish haul and that was it. Excited about our future and how close we were to having him home we went to bed said I love you and that he would call me on his wheel watch shift so I can stay awake with him while he drives the boat. I never received that call I actually woke up at 1:15 AM my time (12:15 AM his time) out of nowhere and was going to call but I didn’t want to wake him. Little did I know I woke up for a reason at that same time his boat was capsizing and I didn’t even know until I received multiple phone calls from an old crew mate that morning who was calling to tell me Emilio’s boat had capsized. The time of the capsize was 12:10 AM (his time) on December 1, 2024. From that day our worlds forever changed. Emilio remains lost at sea in the Point Couverden, Alaska waters. We hope and pray we will be able to find him, bring him home and have services to lay him to rest with his family where he belongs. Until then we will continue to Live Life for US ⚓️