Obit of Kitsman, William L. - Unknown County, Oklahoma

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::Llano Cemetery--Amarillo TX

William L. Kitsman

William L. Kitsman, 84, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, May 13, 1998.

Private Masonic graveside services were at 2 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery 
with Dr. Murray Gossett officiating. Arrangements were by Schooler Funeral 
Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.

Mr. Kitsman was born in East Jordan, Mich. In 1943, he graduated from 
Michigan College of Mining and Technology with a degree in mining 
engineering. He was a World War II veteran of the Army Corps of 
Engineering and served in China, Burma and India, building roads and 
airstrips. At the time of discharge, he was a major.

Mr. Kitsman worked for various companies in Oklahoma before joining the 
Research Department of Phillips Petroleum in 1939. He later transferred to 
Exploration and Production. He worked in Texas, Kansas, Canada, Australia 
and Kuwait. In Kuwait, he managed the Wafra field in the neutral territory 
between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He returned to Borger in 1967 where he 
was production manager for the Panhandle region. He directed the first 
successful deep drilling program for natural gas in Hemphill County and 
retired in 1977.

Mr. Kitsman was a member of Fidelity Masonic Lodge in Eureka, Kan., the 
Scottish Rite in Wichita, Kan., and Al Azhar Shrine Temple in Calgary, 
Alberta, Canada. When he lived in Borger, he was a member of St. Peter's 
Episcopalian Church. He moved to Amarillo in 1994 and was a member of 
First Presbyterian Church.

He married Molly C. Armstrong in 1940 at Joplin, Mo.

Survivors include his wife, two sons, William P. Kitsman of Santa Fe, 
N.M., and Charles B. Kitsman of Amarillo; two sisters, Isabel Wagner of 
Dearborn, Mich., and Kathryn Saxton of Lansing, Mich.; and a grandson.

The family requests memorials be to Opportunity School, 1100 S. Harrison, 
Amarillo, Texas.

Amarillo Globe News - 16 May 1998
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