Services will be at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, December 16, 2003 at Paramount Terrace Christian Church in Amarillo, with Mike Kuhlman and Rev. Scott Greer officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Canyon, Texas. Herbert was born in 1922 on the same spread in Randall County where he still lived. He married Jeannie Steinke in Amarillo on June 5, 1949. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving his country during World War II. He had always been involved in agriculture, and remained active in the industry with his sons, Mike and Gary. Herbert was also part owner of Dawn Custom Cattle Feeders and was a stockholder and director of the First State Bank of Happy, Canyon. Over the years, Herbert was honored with the Randall County Top Hand Award, Randall County Outstanding Result Demonstrator and Randall County Outstanding Conservationist. He was a member of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and was a 35 year director of the Consumers Fuel Cooperative. He belonged to countless other professional associations that promote the agriculture industry. Herbert had always believed in helping our youth get their start in agriculture, and served as a youth organization supporter for 4-H and FFA programs and as a dedicated volunteer for the Tri-State High School Rodeo Association. He was also instrumental in working with Dr. Charles Smallwood to acquire Nance Ranch for West Texas A&M University. Never one to shy away from hard work and hard times, Herbert volunteered his labor, equipment and materials to make the Nance Ranch an incredible asset to WTAMU. He mentored the university"s agriculture students, hired many of them for his own operation and launched their successful careers to assure the industry thrives in the next generation. Very few Tri-State residents embody the western lifestyle with the integrity and immense accomplishments of Herbert Kuhlman. For all of his eighty-one years, he was a true cowboy in spirit and deed, and in 2001, the Board of Directors of the Tri-State Fair honored him as the Cowboy of the Year. He attributed his success to his family, the Panhandle land and his God. His credo was, "You work the land, you work close to God, and you work hard!" He was a member of Paramount Terrace Christian Church. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Deborah Jean Kuhlman, in 1951, and one grandson, C.M. Kuhlman, in 1996. Survivors include his wife, Jeannie, of the home; one daughter, Cindy Ortiz, and husband, Phil, of Albuquerque, NM; two sons, Mike Kuhlman, and wife, Donna, of Canyon, and Gary Kuhlman, and wife, Debbie, of Canyon; two brothers, Alvin Kuhlman, and wife, Lisa, of Canyon, and Jim Kuhlman, and wife Ann, of Mason City, Iowa; three grandchildren, Nicci Howard, and husband, Matt, of San Antonio, Amy Ortiz, of Abuquerque, NM, and Ashlee Kuhlman, of Canyon; three step grandchildren, Brandi Miller, and husband Jesse, of Chambersburg, PA, Justin Reed, of Amarillo, and David Ortiz, and wife, Fabiola, of Alexandria, VA; and one step great grandchild, Tyler Warner, of Chambersburg, VA. The family requests memorials be to the Herbert F. Kuhlman Memorial Rodeo Scholarship Fund % Mark Eakin WTAMU Box 60825, Canyon, Texas 79016; Paramount Terrace Christian Church, 4000 Mays St., Amarillo, Texas 79109; or to your favorite charity.