Reinhardt W. "Buddy" Lehde

Buddy was preceded in death and reunited in heaven by his loving wife of 36 years, Jacqueline Lehde. He is survived by his children Debra Glover and her husband Tim, Pamela Dussetschleger and her husband Dutch, Jake Moore and his wife DeAnna, Stephanie Lehde and her partner Rachel, Michael Lehde and his wife Rebecca; sister Shirley Lehde; grandchildren Jennifer, Tiffany and her husband Jeremy, Timothy K., Dustin, Travis and his wife Taylor, Jake Jr., Garrett and his wife Esther, Jared, Kimberly, Joshua, Jackson and Jaci; and great-grandchildren Brice, Brianna, Taylor, Tyler, Grayson, Grace and Blair.

After graduating from West High School in 1958 he went on to serve in the US Army in Germany and France from 1963 to 1965. As soon as he left the military, he went back to Houston and he and Jackie were married in 1966. To support his young family, he worked fulltime while attending night school at University of Houston and received a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

He had a long successful engineering career in the Oil and Gas industry (Venezuela, Mexico, England, Scotland, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Istanbul, Kazahkstan). In fact one of his favorite projects is listed in the 1976 Guinness Book of World Records as the “Largest Oil Platform” ever built. He proudly displayed a picture of that platform in his office. He had a deep love for The Great State of Texas, Texas history and of course, his red Ford Mustang he affectionately called ROC IT 2.

Visitation will be held at Kingwood Funeral Home on Friday, June 16 from 5-8pm. Funeral service will be Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 1400 E. FM 1960 Bypass in Humble, Texas at 11:30am. Buddy will receive military honors at his committal service at Gerald Cemetery in Elm Mott, Texas at 4:30pm.