Services for Dan Boone of Richmond, Texas will be held Saturday, September 28 at 11 am, in St. John's United Methodist Church in Richmond, Texas.

Dan was born on his grandparents ranch in Truscott, Texas and attended elementary school in that small west Texas community. After graduating from Lubbock High School he accepted a track and field scholarship to the University of Houston where he earned three engineering degrees: a B. S. in Petroleum Engineering and a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering. During his undergraduate days his 440 relay team, under the guidance of Coach Jack Patterson, tied the world record at 40.5 and defeated arch rival Texas in the Coliseum Relays to win the national title.  At the same time, during the spring of 1955, Socony Mobil named Dan as one of the Top Ten Engineers in the country.  He rarely spoke of this double achievement but it was clear that these memories always made him happy and his family was inordinately proud of him.

Dan began his career with Hudson Engineering in Houston and over the years served as Chief Operating Officer of ABB Randall, President and CEO of Howe Baker Engineers and Chairman of the Board of How-Mar Engineering, LTD, UK. During most of his forty years in the petrochemical industry, his office was in Houston, but business took him to every continent but one. He continued to run in some of the most beautiful landscapes on our earth - from the Palace of Versailles to the Tasmanian Sea.  Dan was adored by his family and his children filled him with joy.  We will miss him in ways that words can never express.

Dan served on the LCISD School Board from 1975-81 and during the last year was also a member of the HGAC. He sat on the Appraisal Review Board for Ft. Bend County,  was a member of the Ft. Bend County Historical Commission, and throughout the years served in various capacities at St. John's United Methodist Church. He coached Little League and joyfully attended all his children's games. Dan is an SAE, KDK, a former member of The Richmond  Rotary Club and Richard Joseph's Wednesday Morning Coffee Group.

Dan is preceded in death by his parents Caldan and Cleo Catherine Smartt Boone, his sister Mary Beth Boone Lawrence and his cousin Patsy Cowdan Jones.

Dan is survived by his beloved wife of sixty years, Sue Zanne, and by two children, their son Daniel Myers and his wife Marjorie, and their daughter Victoria Ruth and her husband Neal, all of whom live in Austin. Additionally he is survived by cousins Mary Ann Bush of Arlington,Texas and Donald Le Hawn Jones of Woodland Park, Colorado and their children Donald Robert Jones, Ann Jones Runte, Brenda Bush Obregon and Brandee Bush Kelly.

Pallbearers will be Dave Scott, Walter Kelley, Clay Kelly, Wayne Ouellette, Neal Jodeit and our son Dan Boone. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. C.W. Yates, Jr., Warren White, Fred Russell, Joe Bonham and David Myers.

The family would like to thank Mary Anne Martinez, and her team, for their compassionate care.

Condolence messages may be written for the Boone family at www.garmanycarden.com .

Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281)342-4671.