All that is left is deep, deep sorrow....knowing you will never again, with mortal eyes, see this person who was such a special soul and such a special being...who was so sensitive...so intelligent...so intellectually curious...so witty in an acerbic way...so funny...so original...so careful...so serious...so patient...so loyal...so compassionate...so helpful.
All these things, and more, were behind the prison of the social phobia and the depression.
Such a brave and courageous soul, who struggled so valiantly with such heavy burdens, and for so long. One day it all just got to be too much.
Behind the guilt...the regret...the sense of failure....the feeling of wrongness and unfairness...there is a deep, deep, deep sorrow, as deep as the oceans of space.
I miss him so much.
Maris Michael Butta, 1987-2009
MARIS MICHAEL BUTTA
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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I miss Maris in so many way. I never called enough...but I will always miss Maris calling and just talking about things..."Hey Dad, How are you?...I will never hear those words again and I miss him...I loved Maris and wanted him to come home. Raymond
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