Herbert Gerald Zinsmeyer was born on November 2nd, 1929 in DHanis, Texas to Martin and Dora (Koch) Zinsmeyer. He was their sixth of seven children and youngest son. Herb was blessed with older brothers Joseph, James, Bernard, and David, older sister Emily, and younger sister Ellen. Herb's youth was spent growing up in DHanis across the street from Holy Cross Catholic Church and attending Saint Anthonys Catholic School next door. Herb graduated from DHanis High School and enlisted in the US Air Force. In 1958, he graduated with honors from the University of Texas Mechanical Engineering School and was recruited to work at the Westinghouse Advanced Development Group in Pittsburgh, PA. While there and working on his Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Herb met Lois M. Hotham and they were married on Dec. 13th, 1958. Together, they had four boys, Charlie, John, Edward and Kurt, seven grandchildren Tim, Holly, Callie, David, Rachel, Clark and Kayla, and three great-granddaughters, Madison, Olivia, and Harper. Herb was a dedicated and hard-working engineer, business-man, and serial inventor. He and his brother, Jim, invented the first automatic game feeder in the early 1960s and built a business that is still in existence today, nearly 60 years later. In the early 1970s Herb started Spenco Systems, Inc. which went on to develop the first self-service gasoline stations thus creating a global industry which revolutionized the way the entire world buys automotive gasoline. Herb was a devout Catholic and devoted family man. He loved nothing more than to be with family and friends at his beloved Z-River Ranch on the Colorado River in Brown County, Texas. Herb is preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Lois Zinsmeyer, all of his brothers, and his younger sister, Ellen Spaight. Herb is survived by his sister Emily Beck of D'Hanis, Texas; four sons, Charlie, John, Ed, and Kurt Zinsmeyer, all of central Texas; his seven grandchildren, Tim Zinsmeyer, Holly Stump, Callie Zinsmeyer, David Zinsmeyer, Rachel Zinsmeyer, Clark Zinsmeyer, Kayla Zinsmeyer; and his three great-granddaughters, Madison and Olivia Stump, and Harper Zinsmeyer. Visitation at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home in Lakeway will be Thursday, Apr. 5, from 6 o 8 p.m. Visitation at Guinn-Horger Chapel in Hondo will be Friday, Apr. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. Rosary will be recited Saturday, Apr. 7, at 9:00 a.m., followed by the Mass at 9:30 a.m., at Holy Cross Catholic Church, DHanis, and interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family suggests, donations can be made in Herbs memory to the Alzheimers Association (https://www.alz.org/).