LITTLE, MARILEE, formerly of Fredericton, died on June 7, 2011 at Waterloo, Ontario. She graduated from the University of New Brunswick and did graduate studies in Victorian Literature at the University College of Wales in the UK. The former editor of The Atlantic Advocate magazine, she wrote for several national and international publications. Until her retirement, she held the position of Liaison Officer at UNB.
She worked tirelessly as a spokesperson and advocate for Ovarian Cancer Canada and was a peer support counselor for CancerConnection. She was past publicity chairperson of the Board of Directors of UNICEF New Brunswick; past publicity chairperson of the Fredericton chapter of the NB Heart and Stroke Foundation; past member of the board of the Canadian Mental Health Association; past member of the board of the Fredericton Association for Community Living.
Her greatest interest and source of pleasure was spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by son Herbert (Nathalie Keens) Little of Waterloo; daughter Toby (Phillip Williams) Little of Waterloo; brother Paul (Dorothy) Little of Truro; sister Glenda (Charles) Thompson of Oxford; grandchildren Vanessa and Annika Little, and Tessa and Jesse Williams of Waterloo; and ten nieces and nephews.