Kitzis, Jeffrey Charles

1950 - 2017  (66 years)

• Name	Kitzis, Jeffrey Charles  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	14 Dec 1950	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Address	Address: Jeffrey C. Kitzis New York NY
  Died	12 Nov 2017  [5]
  Buried	Home Of Peace Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California, USA
  Person ID	I5522	Our Family | Descendents of Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes (I20340, I2506, I20314 )
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Kitzis, Franklin,   b. 17 Jan 1923, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 1975, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lieberman, Rita Theresa,   b. 20 Dec 1926, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA ,   d. 14 Oct 2001, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Apr 1946
  Married	3 Apr 1947	New York, New York, New York, USA   [6]
  Alt. Marriage	Aft 3 Apr 1947	New York, New York, New York, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F5882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dejean, Rosivoutha
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F1628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Schlatter, Ellis Ann
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2026
  Family ID	F1629	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Dec 1950 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  JEFF KITZIS sadly passed away on November 12, 2017 after a valiant two-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia. A memorial service will be held for him at Oak Hill Cemetery/Home of Peace in San Jose on Friday, February 16, 2018 at 3 PM. All are invited to attend. Throughout his illness, he was upbeat, strong, stoic and uncomplaining, especially after a successful stem cell transplant in April, 2016. The cancer relapsed later that year, however, and though he remained upbeat almost to the end of his life, his illness was unrelenting with a dearth of good medical options. Jeff graduated from San Jose State with an accounting degree and Golden Gate Law School with a JD degree. While attending law school, he worked as an auditor at the CA State Tax Franchise Board, which, it turned out, eventually led to his 30-year career with Ernst & Young in New York as a State and Local Tax principal. In 1999, he married Ellis Ann Burrows, and they subsequently lived on the Upper East Side of New York, and then Brooklyn Heights, his final home. Though they did not have children, they loved their cocker spaniels, in succession Sassy, Sienna and Cleo, as family. In fact Jeff always said, and meant, that he preferred his four-legged daughters to children. Jeff was an intelligent, reasoned voice in every situation and much loved by friends and colleagues. He was constantly reading and absorbing information, alternating between stacks of printouts on current state tax law and books of all genres, from science fiction and fantasy to political and historical treatises. He loved to travel, ski and make plans for the next trip or getaway weekend. He was in love with life and because he was curious about what the future would hold for mankind, literally wanted to live forever. He was diagnosed with leukemia just five months before his scheduled and long-anticipated retirement, and planned to return to Southern California to live out his life in the sun.

  
  

• Sources

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