Giles Lehnertz

Funeral services for Mr. Giles Morris "Bub" Lehnertz, 85 of Tyler will be held at 1:30pm on Monday, May 7, 2007 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Officiating will be Msgr. Joseph Strickland. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be at Stewart Family Funeral Home on Sunday, May 6, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm and a Rosary will follow. He passed away on Friday, May 4. Mr. Lehnertz moved to Tyler in 1951 and was an independent oil & gas operator and Professional Engineer. Mr. Lehnertz was born on January 14, 1922 in Muenster, Texas to Joseph H. and Agnes C. Fette Lehnertz. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Muenster and at the outbreak of World War II, enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He served aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Wasp, where he received a Citation "for distinguished service and meritorious performance of duty as a Rangefinder Operator during dive bombing attack by enemy planes" from Admiral C. W. Nimitz. In 1949, Mr. Lehnertz graduated from The University of Houston with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and worked for Schlumberger until 1963. Mr. Lehnertz is credited with developing several oil & gas fields in the East Texas area including the L.C.G. (Page) Field in Harrison, County, the Alligator Creek (Sub-Clarksville) Field in Navarro, County, and the Martha Ann (Travis Peak) Field in Smith County. In 1992, he was an honoree of the Hard Hatters Energy Club of Dallas. He was a longtime usher at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. He was also a member of the East Texas Geological Society, the I.P.A.A., and Willow Brook Country Club. He was a charter member of the Tyler Petroleum Club and the Petroleum Data Library. He was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Martha Ann Roy Lehnertz of Tyler; two daughters, Mary Lauren Faulkner and husband, Bruce of Tyler and Lanette Smith and husband, Wallace Smith of Austin; grandchildren, Campbell Lehnertz Faulkner of Omaha, Nebraska, Madison Morgan Smith, Martha Lauren Smith, and Noble Lehnertz Smith all of Austin; a sister, Delores Shively of Memphis, Tennessee; brothers, Quenten Lehnertz, Dave Lehnertz and Donny Lehnertz, all of Spokane, WA, Floyd Lehnertz of Providence, RI and Claude Lehnertz of Idaho. He was preceded in death by both parents, and brothers Gene Lehnertz, Earl Lehnertz and Jimmy Lehnertz. Pallbearers will be Clay Abernathy, Mark Abernathy, Hal Bertram, Ronnie Fisher, Matt Gabriel, William Hardy, Raymond Hedge, Bob Jolly, Jimmy Joe Lehnertz, Wesley Mahone, Stephen Jack Mizer, and David Traff. Honorary Pallbearers will be Collin Andrus, Fred Anderson, Lloyd Bolding, Bill Burney, Howard Coghlan, Paul Ferguson, Carter Gabriel, Paul Hene, Jeff Kirgan, Jack LeBus, Harold Lovell, Red Magner, Nolan Manziel, Jim Mazzu, Jack Mergele, Jack Phillips, Court Hazelton, George Hall, and John Regan. The family would like to acknowledge Dr. Dick Knarr, Dr. Bill Hyman, Dr. Don Smith and Dr. Keith Frazier for their care and loving support during Mr. Lehnertz's illness. Memorials may be made to the Lehnertz Family Scholarship of The Tyler Catholic School Foundation, 3728 Southpark Drive, Tyler, TX 75703, or Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75701. For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Giles Lehnertz

January 14, 1922 - May 4, 2007