A quiet man with gentle ways, Dr. Harry Little of Willsboro, New York, and Salt Springs, Florida, died at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, in Elizabethtown, New York, on November 14, 2014.
He was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada on February 25, 1923. Harry was the youngest of 10 children born to Thomas and Eliza Hall Little.
He was survived by his wife, Lucille Garvey-Little; his two children, Craig and Ty of Florida; and his sister-in-law, Janice Little of Surrey, British Columbia. He will be missed by Lucille's children, Debra, Gregg and Bryan, their families; his special friends; and his 25 devoted nieces and nephews.
Harry was predeceased by his parents; siblings; and his first wife, Velma Doble Little.
Dr. Little had a long, distinguished career as a general family practitioner and psychiatrist. Highlights were teaching "The Ethics of Medical Law" at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana while serving as the University Psychiatrist. For the last twenty years of his career, he was the director of the Department of Mental Health at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. One of his proudest achievements was to be chosen as "Humanitarian of the Year" by his colleagues while at Geisinger. After retirement, Harry worked as a physician in the Florida Department of Corrections and at a methadone clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
From 1942 to 1945 Colonel Little served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later became an American citizen and served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard as a flight physician.
Harry was a people magnet; he attracted individuals with his humor and wit, his ability to relate poetry and literature to life (qualities instilled in him by his father), and his spontaneous renditions of "Danny Boy" and other Celtic songs. He was proud of his parents' Scottish and Irish heritage.
The following verse was Harry's personal credo: "Up, up the long, delirious burning blue/I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace/Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod/The high untrespassed sanctity of space,/Put out my hand, and touched the face of God" from the poem "High Flight" by John Magee.
There was an Open House at their home at 6 Maple Street, Willsboro, New York, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2014, where family and friends shared memories of Harry.
A celebration of Dr. Little's life was also held in Florida at a later date. Harry's charity of choice for memorial donations was Doctors Without Borders, and Operation Smile.
He was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada on February 25, 1923. Harry was the youngest of 10 children born to Thomas and Eliza Hall Little.
He was survived by his wife, Lucille Garvey-Little; his two children, Craig and Ty of Florida; and his sister-in-law, Janice Little of Surrey, British Columbia. He will be missed by Lucille's children, Debra, Gregg and Bryan, their families; his special friends; and his 25 devoted nieces and nephews.
Harry was predeceased by his parents; siblings; and his first wife, Velma Doble Little.
Dr. Little had a long, distinguished career as a general family practitioner and psychiatrist. Highlights were teaching "The Ethics of Medical Law" at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana while serving as the University Psychiatrist. For the last twenty years of his career, he was the director of the Department of Mental Health at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. One of his proudest achievements was to be chosen as "Humanitarian of the Year" by his colleagues while at Geisinger. After retirement, Harry worked as a physician in the Florida Department of Corrections and at a methadone clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
From 1942 to 1945 Colonel Little served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later became an American citizen and served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard as a flight physician.
Harry was a people magnet; he attracted individuals with his humor and wit, his ability to relate poetry and literature to life (qualities instilled in him by his father), and his spontaneous renditions of "Danny Boy" and other Celtic songs. He was proud of his parents' Scottish and Irish heritage.
The following verse was Harry's personal credo: "Up, up the long, delirious burning blue/I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace/Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod/The high untrespassed sanctity of space,/Put out my hand, and touched the face of God" from the poem "High Flight" by John Magee.
There was an Open House at their home at 6 Maple Street, Willsboro, New York, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2014, where family and friends shared memories of Harry.
A celebration of Dr. Little's life was also held in Florida at a later date. Harry's charity of choice for memorial donations was Doctors Without Borders, and Operation Smile.
A quiet man with gentle ways, Dr. Harry Little of Willsboro, New York, and Salt Springs, Florida, died at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, in Elizabethtown, New York, on November 14, 2014.
He was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada on February 25, 1923. Harry was the youngest of 10 children born to Thomas and Eliza Hall Little.
He was survived by his wife, Lucille Garvey-Little; his two children, Craig and Ty of Florida; and his sister-in-law, Janice Little of Surrey, British Columbia. He will be missed by Lucille's children, Debra, Gregg and Bryan, their families; his special friends; and his 25 devoted nieces and nephews.
Harry was predeceased by his parents; siblings; and his first wife, Velma Doble Little.
Dr. Little had a long, distinguished career as a general family practitioner and psychiatrist. Highlights were teaching "The Ethics of Medical Law" at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana while serving as the University Psychiatrist. For the last twenty years of his career, he was the director of the Department of Mental Health at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. One of his proudest achievements was to be chosen as "Humanitarian of the Year" by his colleagues while at Geisinger. After retirement, Harry worked as a physician in the Florida Department of Corrections and at a methadone clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
From 1942 to 1945 Colonel Little served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later became an American citizen and served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard as a flight physician.
Harry was a people magnet; he attracted individuals with his humor and wit, his ability to relate poetry and literature to life (qualities instilled in him by his father), and his spontaneous renditions of "Danny Boy" and other Celtic songs. He was proud of his parents' Scottish and Irish heritage.
The following verse was Harry's personal credo: "Up, up the long, delirious burning blue/I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace/Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod/The high untrespassed sanctity of space,/Put out my hand, and touched the face of God" from the poem "High Flight" by John Magee.
There was an Open House at their home at 6 Maple Street, Willsboro, New York, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2014, where family and friends shared memories of Harry.
A celebration of Dr. Little's life was also held in Florida at a later date. Harry's charity of choice for memorial donations was Doctors Without Borders, and Operation Smile.
He was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada on February 25, 1923. Harry was the youngest of 10 children born to Thomas and Eliza Hall Little.
He was survived by his wife, Lucille Garvey-Little; his two children, Craig and Ty of Florida; and his sister-in-law, Janice Little of Surrey, British Columbia. He will be missed by Lucille's children, Debra, Gregg and Bryan, their families; his special friends; and his 25 devoted nieces and nephews.
Harry was predeceased by his parents; siblings; and his first wife, Velma Doble Little.
Dr. Little had a long, distinguished career as a general family practitioner and psychiatrist. Highlights were teaching "The Ethics of Medical Law" at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana while serving as the University Psychiatrist. For the last twenty years of his career, he was the director of the Department of Mental Health at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. One of his proudest achievements was to be chosen as "Humanitarian of the Year" by his colleagues while at Geisinger. After retirement, Harry worked as a physician in the Florida Department of Corrections and at a methadone clinic in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
From 1942 to 1945 Colonel Little served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He later became an American citizen and served in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard as a flight physician.
Harry was a people magnet; he attracted individuals with his humor and wit, his ability to relate poetry and literature to life (qualities instilled in him by his father), and his spontaneous renditions of "Danny Boy" and other Celtic songs. He was proud of his parents' Scottish and Irish heritage.
The following verse was Harry's personal credo: "Up, up the long, delirious burning blue/I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace/Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod/The high untrespassed sanctity of space,/Put out my hand, and touched the face of God" from the poem "High Flight" by John Magee.
There was an Open House at their home at 6 Maple Street, Willsboro, New York, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 29, 2014, where family and friends shared memories of Harry.
A celebration of Dr. Little's life was also held in Florida at a later date. Harry's charity of choice for memorial donations was Doctors Without Borders, and Operation Smile.
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