Dale Richard Andres, 96, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015.

He was born March 3, 1919, in Waterloo, son of Fredrick William and Lula Ethel Bopp Andres. He married Eunice Mae Ryan on Feb. 8, 1946, in Waterloo; she died Nov. 23, 2005.

Dale graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1937, and had served in the U.S. Army during World War II in North Africa and Europe. He was employed at John Deere for 44 years, mostly as a systems analyst, retiring in 1981. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church for many years, and later Kimball Avenue United Methodist Church.

Survived by: a daughter, Jean Andres of Muscatine; two sons, Robert (Annette) of Waterloo and Dale F. (Marie) of Des Moines; five grandchildren, Matt (Terri) Andres and John (Jennifer) Andres, both of Ankeny, Lindsey (Andy) Buck of Ames, Ashley Andres of Des Moines and Amy (Erik) Guffy of St. Paul, Minn.; eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Doris Brandt of Marshalltown; and a brother, Ralph (Christy) of Rockford, Ill.

Preceded in death by: his parents, and a sister, Betty Cooper.