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LEVAN, WILLIAM ROBERT "BILL" Born April 5, 1921 at Cold Springs, Missouri; Bill Levan passed away on August 2, 2013 in his residence at Carefree Living in Albuquerque. Bill, who was raised in Cushing, Oklahoma, discovered northern New Mexico and southern Colorado after graduation from high school when a buddy suggested they take jobs at the Crowley Cattle Ranch outside Chromo, Colorado. With the advent of World War II, Bill joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Aleutians. Following the war, he attended Oklahoma State University on the GI Bill graduating with a BS in Chemical Engineering. After a few years with Phillips Petroleum in Borger, TX, Bill moved his family to Aztec, NM where he started an oil-field engineering company. He subsequently moved from the oil field into the insurance business and became Aztec's State Farm Insurance agent. In 1959 Bill moved to Albuquerque and went to work for the State of New Mexico as a highway engineer. He was project engineer on highways and bridges throughout the state. Bill made Albuquerque his home and worked for the highway department until retirement. Bill is survived by his younger brother John of San Antonio, TX; sister Mary Appel of Stockton, CA; and children Kenneth Levan, Kim Levan, Deon Shadle, and Michelle Levan of Albuquerque, Renee Macmillan, of Los Lunas, and John Levan, of St. Johns, AZ.
        Published on: Sun August 04, 2013