Cleora May Zaruba

Funeral services for Cleora "Peg" Zaruba, 84, of Tipton, who died on Monday, March 21, 2011 in Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, will be held on Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:30 AM, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton with Rev. Paul Frederiksen, officiating. Burial will follow in Shawver Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until the time of service on Friday morning. Friends may call Thursday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 at Fry Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established to the Volunteer Services of Cedar County for the new van fund. Pallbearers will be Justin Fencil, Randy Weaver, Greg Eriksen, Jim Fencil, Dan Evers, Carl Achey and Dean Rekemeyer. Honorary pallbearers will be Mel and Sandra Fedler, and Becky Hansen. Peg was born on August 17, 1926 in Inland Township near Bennett, Iowa to Irwin and Mabel Bundy Kramer. She was united in marriage to Donald F. Zaruba on June 24, 1950 in Olin, Iowa. Peg was an excellent cook and worked at the Highlander Inn, Solon Schools, Solon Senior Center and a fraternity house in Iowa City. Her cinnamon rolls and kolatches were her specialties. She was a past member of the Solon Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern Star and the Tipton Senior Dining Center. Peg is survived by her sons, Steve Zaruba of Guttenberg, Iowa, Scott (Maryann) Zaruba of Annapolis, Maryland; grandsons, Fritz and Tucker; Sisters, Darlene Elgin of Tipton, Iowa, Mae Eriksen of Moscow, Iowa; Brother-in-law, Don Hansen of Moscow, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Cora Lee Kramer of Muscatine, Iowa, and Carmen Brown of Anamosa, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband (Don on Feb. 1, 2007), sister (Evelyn Hansen) and brother (Irwin "Bud" Kramer).