Nancy Little
January 27, 2019
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Nancy Jane Little, 62, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at her home in Des Moines.
Nancy was born November 12, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa to Melvin and Beatrice (Crawford) Little. She graduated from Ruby Van Meter School where she was the only girl on the basketball team. She was also part of the swimming team and participated in the National Special Olympics in Michigan. Nancy was an expert at the Metro Bus System. She worked at Hardee’s by the airport and the Iowa State Fairgrounds where she was the “boss” of the Campbell’s Warehouse. Nancy’s many talents included dancing and plagiarizing books. She would copy books longhand and put the pages in an envelope and submit them to the publishers. Nancy was put on this earth to serve Jesus. She helped to raise her nieces and nephews and lived with her sister Helen during those years. She moved into the Mosaic Home in 2009. For everyone who had the privilege of meeting Nancy, she became the light in their lives.
Nancy is survived by her siblings, Katie (Brian) Briggs, Helen Little, Melvin (Kathleen) Little, Millie Porter; sister-in-law, Sharon Little (wife of John); nieces and nephews, Allen (Rowena), C. Grace (Steve), Eric (Nichole), Bea, Kevin, Kayla, Aleks, Michael (Kelsey), Nathan, Natasha, Ryan, Kyle, Grant, Gaven, Gage, Thomas; special friend, Kristy K.; and her Mosaic family at her East Douglas home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mel and Bea Little, and her brothers, Philip and John.
There will be a celebration of Nancy’s life on Thursday, January 31, 2019 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Service Center from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m.
In remembrance of Nancy, memorials may be made to Mosaic in Central Iowa.
Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.
“Today as I crawled into her hospital bed next to her to have a chat we were soon off and running down memory lane. I reminded her of all the times she was soooo mean to me about cleaning the bathroom and if she had just cleaned BOTH SIDES of the sink then it wouldn’t have been a fight all the time, and we talked about the hundreds (probably thousands) of hangers that she had given away to all of us over the years, her 1/2 can of Busch light every evening at 8 pm, pulling my dad off to the side about twice a week to tell him about what I had done to piss her off, how many trays she had probably cleaned at the cafe, that she is still the best Dancer the Depot has ever seen, that one time her sisters and brothers forgot her at a rest area for a few hours, how she mastered the Dart bus route, and never ever missing Church on a Sunday, when we weren’t doing something correctly and she would say, “well sister Helen says!”, playing Santa Claus to all of us, even when we were probably too old for that, changing all of our diapers, and yelling PIG when someone would burp. Smuggling Zig into see her and we’d listen to Elvis. We just wanted everyone who has ever met her, and because of that been touched by her to know what a joy she was.”
Love, Her least favorite niece
Jim Smith & Kathryn Eickhoff-Smith
02/11/2019
Nancy always remembered us with a Christmas card or some times a letter. She was always in our hearts. We didnn't get a card this year and wondered if something was wrong. I was writing her a letter when we heard she had past on. All our love goes with her. Her cousins, Kathryn and Jim Smith
Verlin Anderson
02/05/2019
I was blessed to have Nancy as part of my family for 15 years. Over those years I had the opportunity to see her interact with her father, siblings, her nieces Cyndee and Ashley, and her nephew Eric, and the love she had for them and for all other people. Her ability to remember all her relatives birthdays and ages was astounding. When she was 'writing' her first book, the Bible, she had just started writing the New Testament, and wanted four goldfish. We bought her the goldfish and she proceeded to name them Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. She never tired about telling how her team, the Ruby Van Meter Vikings, 'beat' the team I played on, and how she guarded me. I was 6 foot 4 and she was about 4 foot 9! For years I played with the KIOA Hi-Hoopers as her sister Helen well knows, as she travelled with Davy, John, Charlie, and myself to untold out of town games. The loss to Ruby Van Meter was one of the few games we ever lost, but it was certainly the best loss we ever had. Nancy was the only girl on the Vikings team, and the joy on her face after that win was priceless. My thoughts and prayers are with her entire family, especially Helen, Cyndee, Eric and Ashley
Jan Carson
01/30/2019
So sorry to hear about Nancy's passing. I have such good memories of her as she was always one of my flavored students in all my years of teaching at Slinker School and Ruby Van Meter School I know that there is a avoid in your lives that can't be replaced. God's blessings to you all as you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Bill Fisher
01/30/2019
So sorry to hear of your loss. I always saw the love that your family had for Nancy. She could not have had a more perfect family to walk through life with.
Brenda (Golay)McClure
01/29/2019
So sorry to read of Nancy's passing. She was a sweetie. I remember her being with Helen cheerleading. She always had a smile.