Joseph Marshall Haas

Joseph Marshall Haas passed away in Austin, TX on July 25, 2023 at the age of 96. A proud Louisiana native, and later Texan, Joe was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on June 21, 1927 to Samuel and Lulu Haupt Haas. He graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. In 1945, even though he had lost his brother in the war, Joe joined the United States Naval Reserve, enlisting in Naval Flight School at 17. Joe was weeks away from combat missions over Japan when the war ended. This sparked his lifelong passion for aviation.

Joe began his career in 1949 working for General American Oil Company of Texas in Dallas. He spent much of his early career in the field during the wild days of the East Texas Oil Fields and he loved to tell stories about this time. He spent his entire career at General American, rising to Vice President of Engineering and later serving on their Board of Directors after his retirement in 1978. During this time, he also managed the Avoyelles Wholesale Grocery, a family business in Alexandria. In 1978 Joe founded his own petroleum consulting business, Haas Engineering in Dallas, Texas, moving the business to Austin, Texas in 1993. He served as an owner of Tiger Bend LTD. from 2004 until the time of his passing.

Joe was a member of numerous organizations including Sigma Chi; Tau Beta Pi (The Engineering Honor Society), Pi Tau Sigma (International Honor Society for Mechanical Engineers), the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers; The Dallas Petroleum Club, and Masons (32 degree, Shriner). Joe has also been listed as a noteworthy petroleum consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Joe's love of sports and passion for University of Texas football was renowned. He was an honorary Longhorn and held both football and baseball season tickets for decades.

Joe was preceded in death by his first wife Mary Louise Nance, his parents Samuel and Lulu Haupt Haas, his brother Samuel Douglas Haas, his son Thomas Barker Haas and daughter-in-law Kay Haas. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Marion Barker Haas, and his children Samuel Douglas Haas and wife Katie Longfield, Joseph Marshall Haas, Jr and wife Jill, Suzanne Haas McCann and husband Patrick, Katherine Lou Haas, grandchildren William Haas and wife Inessa, Jeffrey Haas, Sarah Haas, Joseph Haas III, Travis McCann, Patrick McCann Jr, Jess Quinlan, great grandchild Gavin Haas, and step grandsons Michael Quinlan and John Patrick Quinlan.

Joe's family would like to thank, for Joe, the caregivers who attend to his beloved wife Marion. Their care and kindness to her meant the world to Joe and greatly contributed to the quality of their final years together.

Joe was beloved by many, having lived a long, successful, and gracious life. Joe was a good man, among the last still living from the Greatest Generation. Those who knew him will always remember him. He will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, August 5 2023 at the Chapel of Hixson Brothers in Pineville LA. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, PO Box 515, Northampton, MA 01061.