Emery Tudhope Shilleto (1927 – 2007)

Emery Shilleto was born in Hanna, Alberta. He arrived in the Yukon in 1944 and worked on the Alaska Highway for the United States Army, Air Force, and Canadian Army until 1946. In the winter of 1946-47, he went to Mayo and worked for United Keno Hill when the Elsa-Claumet Mines reopened. He also worked at a number of other mines in the area. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he worked for Fisher Service in Mayo.¹⁾

Bud Fisher and Emery Shilleto moved the first truck-transported load of concentrate from the waterfront at Mayo to Carmacks, and then took the old winter road from Carmacks to Whitehorse. Emery met and later married Eileen Mason-Wood of Mayo in 1952. He and the family returned to Alberta in the late 1950s and he managed the family business as well as trying new ventures. In 1964 the family moved back to Mayo.²⁾

Schilleto became the Territorial Agent and Liquor Vendor from 1965 until his retirement in 1990. He was appointed Sergeant-at-Arms for the Yukon Legislative Assembly and the family moved to Whitehorse. He served from November 1991 to October 2002. He was predeceased by his eldest son Roderick (1977). Emery leaves behind his wife Eileen of fifty-five years and children Blair (Stefanie) and Blaise.³⁾