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Bill Petynia

1925 Tampa, Florida - 2012 Fredericksburg, Texas

BiographyHe was born October 10, 1925 in Tampa, Florida, the son of Michael Petynia and LaVerne Walters Petynia, and served in the United States Army Air Corp during WW II as an Aerial Navigator. He received an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the University of Florida in 1949. Bill worked as an Aeronautical Engineer at NASA/Johnson Space Center where he participated in the design, development and flight testing of the Mercury, Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs, and as Manager of Mechanical Systems for the Space Shuttle until he retired in 1982. Bill was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Elizabeth Ann Allred. Mr. Petynia is survived by the following, his wife Billye Gibson Petynia of Fredericksburg; daughter and spouse, Barbara and Stacy Holly of League City, Texas; and two step-daughters and spouses, Donna and Roger Dillon of Lumberton, Texas, and Patti and Elton Brownshadel of Hempstead, Texas. Interment of cremains will take place in the Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg.
Taken from the Albuquerque Journal Obituary section, 10/8/2019.

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