Ruby Grusy

EUREKA - Ruby Mae (Rudin) Grusy, 90, passed away peacefully at 3:18 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at the Eureka Apostolic Christian Home, where she was a resident.

Ruby was born April 30, 1923, to Samuel and Sarah (Rocke) Rudin in Cissna Park, Ill.

Her grandfather, Adolf Rudin, came to America in 1872 from Basel, Switzerland, locating at Eureka and later Gridley. On Nov. 11, 1962, Ruby married Ira Grusy at First United Methodist Church in Peoria. He preceded her in death on July 16, 1998.

She was also preceded by her parents, three sisters and three brothers.

She is survived by several cousins and many nieces and nephews. One niece, Sara Melton of Peoria, was a frequent visitor who helped Ruby with many of her needs.

Ruby attended schools in the rural Iroquois County area and later worked as a secretary in Winter Park, Fla. When she returned to Illinois, Ruby lived in Peoria and worked at Keystone. After marrying Ira, they made their home in Eureka, and she worked at the Woodford County Courthouse.

When both had retired, they spent winters in Phoenix with her brother, Harold, and family.

Ruby enjoyed the activities of the Eureka Sportsman Club and the Woodford County Homemakers Extension. She was an excellent cook.

Ruby was a member of the Eureka Apostolic Christian Church, where the funeral service will be Monday, Aug. 19, at 11 a.m. Church ministers will officiate. Her visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. before the service at the church. Burial will be beside Ira in the Roanoke Apostolic Christian Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to her church or to the Eureka Apostolic Christian Home.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Argo-Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home of Eureka.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.ruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com.