Maris was supposed to have been a Pisces. Instead his sun sign was Scorpio. That is how early he was born. We had not yet picked out names. We were so worried about the baby simply surviving that we had not had time to do any of those fun, relaxed prenatal activities.
When the hospital staff came to get his name for the birth certificate, I did not want the same thing to happen that happened when Alek was born...hey said they would come back in a while to get the middle name (over which we had some disagreement) and they never came back. We discovered 5 years later Alek's birth certificate bore the name "Baby Boy Butta."
So I quickly spit out the first names that came to mind: Maris and Michael.
Maris Liepa was my favorite ballet dancer. Here is Liepa's obituary. I had seen him perform the part of Crassus in the Spartacus Ballet, and never got over it. I sat in the 5th row from the front at Chicago's Civic Opera House at this amazing, incredible ballet. Afterwards went backstage to get Liepa's autograph. Wow! one of the high points of my life.
Michael Carl Pabisinski 1965-1993 was my cousin and godson; and he was Maris's godfather.
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.
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