Nancy Jo Littlefield, 60, of Vero Beach, FL passed away at the Indian River Memorial Hospital on September 15, 2013. Born in Seattle, WA, she grew up all over the United States as her father was transferred from place to place with the Boeing Aircraft Company. After her marriage to David Littlefield in 1993, she continued to move around the country as her husband was transferred while working as an Air Traffic Controller for the US Government. She held many different jobs during her 35 plus years in the business world, starting in the restaurant business with her first husband, Robert Macek, then with Hertz Rent A Car where she served as City Manager, next as a City Manager for Budget Rent A Car, then as a Marketing Representative with Budget and most recently as an independent Marketing Representative. Throughout her life, Nancy was committed to giving back to her community. She was a member of Civitans, serving a two year stint as president of the Pocatello, ID chapter, a member of the State of Florida Guardian Ad Litem program, and a docent at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard and Elaine Larson, and her sister, Kimberly Joy Gildea. She is survived by her husband, David Littlefield of Vero Beach, her daughter Stephanie Jo Osmond of Orlando, (husband Sean Osmond), her grandchildren, Madison Jo, Brennan Adeline, and Reed Cheston Osmond and her sister, Claudia Winkelman (husband David) of Frederick, MD.
Memorial services will be held on Monday, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:00 am at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 6200 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL, (407) 855-5391, reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to VNA Hospice of Indian River County, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
Nancy touched the lives of everyone she knew and many benefited from her friendship. She will be deeply missed.
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Gerald Brantley
So many from our time and place are gone. Vanished as if into thin air. The light that shone from their eyes forever extinguished. Strong hands, swift feet, forever motionless. Voices forever silenced.
Add the name of Nancy Larson Littlefield to those who have been summoned into the deep dark night. Never again can we look into the light of her eyes or hear the sound of her voice.
We grieve for him and ourselves.
Gerald Brantley
For her and ourselves.
Jeanine Gregoire (Colburn)
Nancy was my lifelong best friend. I was broken when she died and I still miss her. It has taken me this long to write this memory of her.
We both moved to Alamogordo, in the middle of our junior year, 1969, within two weeks of each other. She came from Maryland and I came from Alaska. We immediately hit it off with our shared loss of old friends from our other schools as well as navigating our new school and traditions. We had some fun and funny experiences in Alamogordo with new shared memories as many of our classmate know.
We went our separate ways after graduation, but as it happened, while we were in college, both of our dads got job transfers to Ogden, Utah. Of all places. I stayed at the University of Colorado, but she moved to Weber State in Ogden. We started a tradition of getting together for spring breaks, vacations and road trips. We later went to each other's weddings and we took our kids on shared vacations. We had a habit of 2 to 3 hour long phone calls intermittently throughout our adult lives.
We were always amazed at our shared experiences even with our different lives and interests. Nancy was productive throughout her life and always enjoyed working. But she loved sailing with her husband. They lived in Seattle for several years and then moved to Vero Beach Florida. The draw was always the water and sailing. She adored her daughter and grandchildren who lived in Orlando. She also loved breaking news and was a politics hobbyist.
What tied me to Nancy the most was that she was a fiercely loyal friend. We were always on each other's side. We were both outspoken, opinionated and sometimes disagreed. But we always agreed on the important things. I was able to visit with her twice in the year before she died. She wanted to live long enough to hold her only grandson. She got her wish and died shortly after he was born.
When I went to her funeral in Florida, I was able to meet some of her friends that I had heard her speak of over the years. I met her grandchildren and spent time with her daughter and her sister. I can't believe she isn't here any more. She will always be a part of me.