William Breisch Obituary (1929

Memorial Services for William B. 'Bill' Breisch, 86, of Sand Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 2, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church, Sand Springs, with Brother Tom Letteer officiating. Mr. Breisch passed away on Friday, December 25th, 2015, in Mannford. William was born on April 8th, 1929, in Independence, KS, to Elwood and Mary (Miller) Breisch. Bill was President of Breisch Engineering for 50 years. He served his country in the Air Force as Captain. Bill was selected by Henry Kissinger to serve in the United Nations envoy to Kenya to design clean water supply for outlying tribes in Africa. He served under three Governors as Chairman of the Clean Air and Water Council for the State of Oklahoma. Bill Established Banc First with other partners in Sand Springs and served as Chairman of The Board. He served the City of Sand Springs as Board of Adjustments, Chairman of The Greater Sand Springs Development Board and President of The Chamber of Commerce. He was active as a Gideon for twenty years. Bill engineered and relocated The city of Mannford and served on the Word of Life Board. Bill was a partner with Montie Box in Billmont development Company. Together they developed Billmont, Lakeside, Nottingham Forest, Lakeside Park, Charles Page Estates, North Village Estates, Midway, Cambridge Park, North Ridge Estates, Stone Creek Additions, Angus Farms and many more projects for the city he loved. William was a very honest, loving father, grandfather, uncle and friend. He is survived by his wife Betty of the home. Son, Gary Breisch and daughters, Janice Shuffield and Jennifer Ciriacks, grandchildren, Robert and Elisabeth Breisch, Tara White, Brad Shuffield, Kenneth Bond and Jeff Hollaway and four great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents.