Richard Charles Haas

Richard Charles Haas, 69, ofLakeway, Texas, passed awayon Tuesday, October 10, 2017,in Lakeway. He was born onJune 13, 1948, in Buda, Texas,to Richard Earnest “Dick”Haas and Louise Clark Haas.His sister, Trevlyn Jean Haas,was one year old at the time.The family lived in Buda forseveral years where his fathermanaged the Herman Heepranch before moving to Wichita Falls where he then workedfor Allbright Moving and Transfer Company, owned by Louise’sparents, Robert and Lora Clark.When Richard was in elementary school his family movedto Corpus Christi where he attended Montclaire Elementary,Hamlin Junior High and Cullen Junior High. He attended RayHigh School, and was a member of the Ritter Club, taughtmusic lessons and played guitar in several bands. He thengraduated from King High School the first year it was open.Richard attended Texas A&M University at College Stationas a second generation Aggie and graduated with a BBAin Marketing with the Class of 1970. Upon graduation hewent to work for Mercantile Bank in Corpus Christi. Helater worked with his father in the oil and gas industry formany years before starting his own business, Pinnacle Royaltyand Operating Company (Proco). Richard was the firstindependent to drill horizontally in the Austin Chalk, beingawarded two patents for the horizontal drilling technologyand processes he developed. He was a featured speakerfor World Oil conferences on the topics of horizontal drillingand drilling in the Austin Chalk. He was also an instructorfor private drilling seminars and his articles were publishedin World Oil and American Oil and Gas Reporter.Richard served on the board of directors for the FormerStudents’ Association of Texas A&M University from 1989 to1993, was twice President of the Corpus Christi A&M Cluband was Aggie of the Year. He was an avid skeet shooterwho won many awards and contributed a great deal to thecommunity both by giving his time and providing financialsupport for youth shooters and the A&M shooting team. Atthe time of his death, he was the Vice President of VortexTools, LLC, and President of the recently established PocoLoco Operating, LLC.Richard was preceded in death by his father, Richard E.Haas, his mother, Louise C. Haas, and his sister, Trevlyn J.Haas. He is survived by his wife, Tonya Brooks Haas, his fivedaughters, Tiffany Hull (Stephen), Emily Garmon (Shelby),Natalie Fredrickson (Eric), Jennifer Dennis (Jim), and KathrynHaas, as well as a step-son, Andrew Pierce, and eightgrandchildren.A memorial service will be held at The Lakeway Church inLakeway, Texas, on Saturday, October 28, 2017, at 1 PM. Inlieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, a favorite charity of Richard’s.