Murphys, CA…Pierce Orion Emerson, son of Kenneth Emerson and Kristen Mergl of Murphys, California, passed away on January 30, 2020, at the tender age of 2 years old after battling a rare genetic disorder. He died at home with his family by his side. Pierce will be remembered for his bubbly personality and big heart, and most of all, for bringing everyone around him closer together. In such a short life, Pierce taught us true love and true loss and the strength of family.

Pierce is survived by his parents and baby sister, Reagan, his maternal and paternal grandparents, Robert and Valerie Mergl and Ralph and Mona Emerson, his great grandmother, Jean Oliver, and a host of cousins, aunts, and uncles.