Just Married: Emily McKee Eagle and Kyle Paul Kluska

By Black Tie Staff
| 4:00 a.m. April 9, 2014

Arts + Culture

Just Married: Emily McKee Eagle and Kyle Paul Kluska

Bride’s parents: Madeleine and Terry Eagle
Groom’s Parents: Natalie and Paul Kluska

How the couple met:
Emily McKee Eagle and Kyle Paul Kluska met out one night in Chicago. Emily had just graduated from the University of Iowa and spent the summer looking for jobs in Chicago. Kyle was running his business, Pro Lighting. The couple dated three years before Kyle proposed.

The proposal:
On Feb 28, 2013, Kyle came home from work and played ball with the couple’s dog, Daisy. Kyle slipped the ring on Daisy’s collar and went on like a normal weeknight. Emily didn’t notice the ring for a couple hours. They went on a walk with the dog, and Daisy ate and played ball. Finally, Kyle asked Emily to look at the dog’s collar, stating “there was something weird on it” and she found the ring.

The wedding:
The couple was married Feb. 15, at the Bay Preserve at Osprey. Dennis Palmer, a family friend of Emily’s, performed the ceremony. The couple picked Feb. 15 as the wedding date because it was Emily’s grandparents’, Ted and Dianne McKee, wedding date — they were married 61 years ago and her grandfather was able to be there to see her get married.

The couple wanted to keep the day personal and intimate — the light bulb accents reflected Kyle’s self-made business, Pro Lighting, and button accents also served as a nod to Emily’s family, which owned one of the last American button factories. The couple’s playful and quirky personalities were shown in the raft swans and music instruments as they walked down the aisle.

The reception kicked off with the band Kettle of Fish and toward the end, glow sticks were given to guests while DJ Fitz Otis played the couple’s favorite dance jams.

Honeymoon:
The couple honeymooned at Four Seasons in Maui. They enjoyed venturing around the island and came across their favorite spot, a surf town called Paia.

They also took a helicopter tour over the island and had an aerial view of a pack of 10 whales swimming and got to see waterfalls and sharks.