Posted on 01/19/2024
Michael Little (August 11, 1951 - January 8, 2024)
Michael E. Little passed away Tuesday, January 9th, 2024, from complications due to Covid and pneumonia. At the time of his passing, he was surrounded by his three favorite girls: his wife Linda Little, and his two daughters Christen Goff and Amanda Little. He is survived by his mother, Duane Little, his sister, Pat Little, his son Joshua Little, and his grandchildren Amber Castro, Ally, Andrew and Anthony Goff, and Erika Little as well as his son-in-law Bradley Goff and daughter-in-law Elena Little.
Both Mike and his wife Linda are devout Christians and strongly believe that death is not an end but a beginning. After two weeks of treatment Mike passed peacefully in his sleep, surrounded and embraced by his family. In God’s mercy he passed with no pain or fear, and with family holding his hand. Mike was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, and his biggest fear was to lose himself and his intelligent and social nature to this disease. While extremely heartbroken, we are thankful that the memory of Mike will always remain untouched by the ravages of this disease.
Our family do not typically conduct funerals, so instead we wish to honor his life by laying him to rest in a place filled with meaning for him and his family. Mike was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a Navy officer who served during the Vietnam conflict. He was part of the original crew on the LHA-1, named the Tarawa, which was the original amphibious assault ship laid down by the Ingalls shipyards in Pascagoula, MS. Many years after serving, Mike was thrilled to be hired developing software for the next generation of amphibious assault ships, the LHD-1 named the Wasp. This company also had a young software engineer, Linda, who he met, fell in love with, and with whom he began a journey filled with joy. Many years after their marriage, the family found themselves living and working in that same city of Pascagoula, where many happy memories were created. Because of this intimate history with all aspects of the U.S. Navy, the family will travel into the gulf of New Mexico, right by Ingalls shipyards. There his family will spread his ashes at the place where the most meaningful and impactful steps in his life’s journey began.
Friends and family of Mike remember his gift of gab, his joy in helping others, and his love and pride for his family and their accomplishments. He will be greatly missed, and his memory will continue to influence all who knew him.
Francis X. Maier in “Skin In The Game” said it so much better than we can:
“In the end, death is not a punishment but a blessing; a “freedom from the circles of the world” and a liberation for something higher and better. Death is a catastrophe, a “sudden turning” in the original Greek sense of katastrophe. But for the believer in Jesus Christ, the turning is a “eucatastrophe,” a deliverance to eternal life and a turning toward joy – forever.”
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