. When you left Betty's Café, you left full and with a new friend. They decided to sell the café to their daughter in 1996 to retire. But Ray and Betty couldn't be idle for long, and Ray did different jobs until he retired with Martin Marietta out of Alden and Dows. Ray and Betty had six children, Ron (Deb) Meyer of Osceola, Rhonda (Carl) Noelck of Latimer, Shelley (Dale) Dodd of Hampton, Sam (Vicki) Meyer of Belmond, Raynard (Sandee) Meyer of Spencer and Sandy Perez of Hampton. They had sixteen grandchildren, thirty-eight great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Ray is survived by his sister Mildred Kloetzer of Bradford, sister-in-law Margaret Smoot of Allison and brother-in-law Richard Lursen of Allison. He is preceded in death in by his parents Sam and Alice Meyer, wife Betty, infant sister, sister Ruth Ammerman, brother-in-law Jake Ammerman, brother-in-law Bob Kloetzer, sister and brother-in-law Sweer and Grace Siems, sister and brother-in-law Fred (Bob) and Grace Lursen, brother-in-law Linus Smoot and father and mother-in-law Oak and Hattie Lursen. Burial will take place in the Hampton Cemetery.