Norman M. Little, 89, Kansas City, MO, passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at NorthCare Hospice House.  Norman was a history and geography teacher, a WWII Veteran and very proud patriotic American, so it was fitting that he passed on July 4^th.  Funeral services were at D.W. Newcomer’s & Sons White Chapel Funeral Home.  Burial was in White Chapel Memorial Gardens.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, NorthCare Hospice House or Northland Meals on Wheels.

Norman was born February 8, 1923, in Northeast Missouri and was a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He served 3 years in England, France and Germany from November 1942 until November 1945.

He met his wife, Helen, in England during the war.  She came to the United States and married Norman when the war was over.  They were married 53 years before her passing. 

Norman began his teaching career in 1941 in a one room school house in Clark County, MO.  He was 18 and had already completed two years of college before WWII interrupted his teaching career.  After the war, he earned his teaching degree at Northeast Missouri State Teacher’s College in Kirksville.

After teaching in Union, MO, Norman began teaching History and Geography at North Kansas City High School in 1950.  He taught for 7 years in the main building and 25 years in Dagg before retiring.

Norman loved to play his guitar and sing.  He sang country music and cowboy classics.  His hobbies included fishing, playing chess, walking and riding his ten-speed bike.

He enjoyed living the last four years of his life at The Gardens at Barry Road.  Even though he had Alzheimer’s, he was known and loved by the staff as a very happy and fun resident.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, and his daughter, Norma Jean Carr of San Antonio, Texas.  Survivors include daughter, Margaret Ann Sachs and her husband, Gary Sachs, Kansas City, son-in-law, Mike Carr, San Antonio, 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.