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Sheryl Zinkula
Sheryl Zinkula
Cedar Rapids
Sheryl Cue Zinkula, 79, of Littleton, Colorado, previously of Cedar Rapids, IA, died peacefully on January 19, 2025. Her body will be cremated, and a service will be held later this spring when the ashes will be returned to Iowa for internment.
Sheryl was born August 22, 1945, in Urbana. Sheryl met Ray Zinkula at Armar Ballroom in Marion and they married on August 27, 1976, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Ray and Sheryl were an inseparable couple and thoroughly enjoyed each other’s company. They especially loved to dance, play euchre and pinochle, and travel with their friends.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Cue; several nieces and nephews; and many extended family members, neighbors, and friends.
Sheryl was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Ray Zinkula; her parents; brother Warren and sister Virginia.
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