Spouse:
Audrey M. (she died on October 1, 2008)
Children:
Three children: Grant and Scott (sons), Michelle (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Special Legislative Concerns: criminal justice, education, health and welfare.
"He was an Independent-Republican from a Democratic-Farm-Labor stronghold." (Ojeda-Zapata, Julio. "Methodist Minister Emery Barrette, Who Served in Legislature, Dies at 62." St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 6, 1993, p. 6B)
He died of cancer, at his home, in Stillwater, Minnesota.
His funeral was held, on April 7, 1993, at Arlington Hills United Methodist Church in Maplewood, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his occupation.