Elizabeth Ann Kutzschbach

Elizabeth Ann Hannigan Kutzschbach, longtime resident of Bartlesville. died on Monday, December 19, 2022, at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut. She was 94. Elizabeth, who was known as Betty Ann in childhood and as Betty in adult life, was born on November 14, 1928, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Thomas Francis Hannigan, Sc., and Lucille Bridget Hanrahan Hannigan. Thomas was a "gauger," who traveled the oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas measuring the level of the oil in each well while the family, which included Betty Ann and her four brothers, lived in Tulsa and Ranger, Texas. Thomas developed a method of using the sludge at the bottom of the wells and started a company to process this sludge called Industrial Engine Exchange. The family then moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where Betty Ann graduated from Arlington Heights High School and attended Our Lady of Victory College. On February 1, 1948, Betty married Buddy Henry Kutzschbach, who had returned from the war and resumed his study of chemical engineering at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Betty transferred to Texas Tech and then worked as a legal secretary after college. Buddy's employer, Phillips Petroleum Company, moved the couple to Borger, Texas, where their first three daughters were born, and then to Bartlesville, where a fourth daughter was born. Betty had a sweet nature and a ladylike, reserved demeanor. One of her favorite descriptors of people she admired was "thoughtful," and she herself epitomized thoughtfulness. Her personal style was conservative, though her favorite color was red. She loved dressing her daughters and, when they were young, used her expertise as a seamstress to sew all their dresses. Once the girls were out of elementary school, Betty enrolled in technical classes to learn word processing and worked at Phillips Petroleum, using her earnings to pay her eldest daughter's medical school tuition. In retirement she enjoyed swimming, walking, and traveling. She was a lifetime book lover. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, her brothers, and her parents. She is survived by her daughters Dr. Wynn K. Jackson (John Knopf) of Greenwich; Linda Gail Moore (Craig) of Firestone, Colorado: Sharon Kay Getz of Fort Collins, Colorado and Mary Elizabeth Perez (Ben) of San Clemente, California. Betty is also survived by eight grandchildren David McClain (Feather), Samuel Moore, Elizabeth Brigham, Alice Getz, Eleanor Getz, Claire Getz, Alessandra Perez, and Isabel Perez; and two great-grand-sons Elliot Campbell Robertson and Jameson Robert McClain.

Elizabeth Ann Kutzschbach

November 14, 1928 - December 19, 2022