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Carroll Zuber
CARROLL F. ZUBER
High Amana
Carroll F. Zuber, 86, High Amana, took the Lord's hand on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, with family by his side. A Worship Service and Celebration of Carroll's life will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Amana Church, 622 45th Ave., Village of Amana, with Elder Anthony Berger presiding. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Amana Church. Memorials may be directed to the Amana Church Society, P.O. Box 103, Middle Amana, IA 52307 or the Amana Heritage Society, P.O. Box 81, Amana, IA 52203. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo is assisting with arrangements.
Carroll was born to Harry and Elise Flick Zuber in West Amana on May 10, 1935. The Zubers shared the family home with Carl and Marie Flick, their children George, Mia and Elsie whom Carroll loved as siblings. He attended the Amana Public Schools, where he met kindergarten classmate Janet Wendler who was to become his wife. They married on Aug. 13, 1955, in the Amana Church, made their home in High Amana, and raised their three children, Brad, Emilie and John.
Carroll graduated from the University of Iowa, where he played Hawkeye baseball. In 1959, Carroll began a career in life insurance sales and financial planning with Equitable of Iowa. Later, he and friends started their own agency which eventually became TrueNorth. He retired in 2000. Following several trips to Europe, Carroll noticed that every village had its own brewery, which in 1985 led him to co-found Millstream Brewing Co., Iowa's first craft brewery.
A dedicated community volunteer, Carroll served three terms on the Amana school board. He taught Sunday school for nearly two decades and served on the Amana Church board of trustees, as church treasurer. Because he loved the outdoors, he helped found the Amana Sportsman's Club and was active on the ASI Conservation Committee.
Carroll hunted and fished and loved best to spend mornings in the field, with his dog, his friends and his children. Faith in God, love of family, joy in hard work, and loyalty to friends were touchstones.
He is survived by Janet, his wife of 66 years; son, Brad (Carol) Zuber; daughter, Emilie (Robert) Hoppe; and son, John (Julie) Zuber; and seven grandchildren, Maria (Mark) Madden, Harry (Deana) Zuber, Anna (Tyler) Schumacher, John (Marie) Hoppe, Katie (Jeff) Meyer, Seth (Kayla) Lynch and William Zuber; and four great-grandchildren, Macy and Weston Meyer, Linnea Hoppe and Victoria Lynch.
"But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15
Online condolences: www.klosterfuneralhome.com.
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