Ralph Anthony Haus

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joyce Clary Haus of Leander, Texas, 4 children: son, Ralph Haus, Jr. (spouse, Debra) of New Braunfels, Texas, daughter, Debra Haus of Leander, Texas, son, Joseph Haus of Austin, Texas and daughter, Celeste Haus of Leander, Texas, 8 grandchildren: Samantha Prichard (spouse Cynthia) Lili Haus, Mercury Haus, Darrell Wineinger, Asa Haus, Baron Wineinger, Max Wineinger, Nia Haus Calderon and 2 great-grandchildren, Addy and Reese Prichard. He also leaves behind a brother, George Haus (spouse Esther Newlin-Haus) of Kalamazoo, Michigan and in-laws, Barbara Haus, Judy Clary Wilkerson, Betty Rhoads Clary (spouse Phil Rhoads) and Ann Clary Gish (spouse Rick.)

He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Haus, mother, Anna Haus, brother Michael Haus, father in-law Rod Clary and mother-in-law Pauline Clary.

Ralph was born in Youngstown, Ohio on July 22, 1944. His family moved from Ohio to New York and eventually to Kentucky, where his lifelong passion for understanding how things worked blossomed into a 50 year career as an Engineer. He worked for 30 years at IBM, beginning his tenure in the Lexington, Kentucky offices and then moving to the Austin, Texas branch in 1976. In his time at IBM, Ralph creatively contributed on several groundbreaking projects including the Selectric typewriter, early PC monitor stands, mouse-roller-balls and computer keyboards. After retiring from IBM in 1994, he co-founded Concurrent Design and Drafting, an independent design consulting company. He later worked on CAD projects for Freedom Power.

It was in the Hill Country of Texas where Ralph's love of the outdoors flourished. He spent much of his free time outside working on various projects. Eventually, he secured his own "portion of paradise" for the family in Leander, bought a small herd of cattle and christened it the Cottonwood Spring Ranch. Designing and building the family homestead from the ground up was one of his most gratifying accomplishments.

Ralph's lifelong interests suggest that he was a true modern-day renaissance man. He enjoyed many hobbies including: gardening, woodworking, masonry, fishing, camping, travel, bowling, slow-smoking BBQ, cooking, baking, brewing craft-beer, photography, chess and building model airplanes. He stayed entertained and informed studying varied topics such as: politics, history, finance, birds, computers, design, sci-fi, yellow 1971 Chevy Impalas, hot peppers, whiskey and preferred to read about local and world events while holding an actual newspaper. Over the years, you would often find him watching the sun rise and then set again from his porch along with a host of various dogs and a cat named Willie Dillo.

Joyce and the family greatly appreciate all of the heartfelt messages of love, sympathy and support.

Ralph's life will be honored during a Memorial Service on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at Weed-Corley-Fish Leander Funeral Home, 1200 S. Bagdad Rd. Leander, TX 78641. The service can also be accessed via livestream by copying this link into your preferred browser; https://vimeo.com/event/4695220.