Ray R. Dinnebier, 66, of Waterloo, died at Allen Memorial Hospital Friday, May 11, 2007, of natural causes.

Ray was born June 7, 1940, in Independence, Iowa, the son of William and Iva Mae Bailey Dinnebier.

Ray graduated from Jesup Community Schools in 1958.

He married Onalee L. Meyer on April 30, 1966, at Linden United Methodist Church in Waterloo; she died August 20, 2005.

He was a machinist at John Deere retiring in 1988 after 30 years.

Ray was a sports enthusiast having played softball, golf, and bowled when younger. Recently he was an enthusiastic spectator, especially of the Cincinnati Reds. He greatly enjoyed the time spent around the card table with family and friends.

Ray was a forty-year member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, active in many ways including the church council. He was also a member of U.A.W. Local 838.

Ray is survived by son Kent Dinnebier of Clarinda, four sisters: Glenda Alshouse and her husband Dean of Cedar Falls, Evelyn Herrmann of Cedar Falls, Marsha Dinnebier of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Doris Gust and her husband Roger of Pendleton, Indiana, and brother Ralph “Bill” Dinnebier and his wife Marla of Independence, and many nieces and nephews.

He is preceded in death by his wife Onalee, his parents, and brother-in-law John Herrmann who died in 2006.