Funeral services for William George Witsman, 53 of Roselle, Illinois will be today at the Martin and Rickert Funeral Home in Palatine.  The Rev. Earl Olson will officiate. Burial in Chapel Hill Gardens West in Elmhurst.

Mr. Witsman, a resident of Roselle for 25 years, died Monday, March 30, 1970 in Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago.

Mr. Witsman was born October 6, 1916 in Arkansas.  He married Edith Kesler of Richland County Illinois on August 24, 1945 in Pasadena, Cal. He had been employed as a carpenter by the Railroad Exchange Building in Chicago.

Mr. Witsman is survived by his wife; two sons, William M. of Charleston and Tim J. at home; a brother, Ermil Wettreau of Bloomingdale and a sister, Mary Wartsbaugh of Oblong, IL

Published in The Daily Herald (Chicago, IL) – Wednesday, April 1, 1970