Cornelia Zuber

CORNELIA "CONNIE" ZUBER

Homestead

Cornelia "Connie" Zuber, 97, passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Colonial Manor of Amana. Funeral service: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 13, at Middle Amana Church, with Elder Mike Shoup officiating. Burial will be in Homestead Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 12, at Middle Amana Church.

Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society, Amana Heritage Society or the charity of the donor's choice.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is assisting the family with arrangements. Cornelia (Moershel) Zuber was born March 28, 1920, to Dr. Henry Moershel and Henrietta (Jeck) Moershel of Homestead. She was a member of the second graduating class from Amana High School in 1937. Connie attended Coe College, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and a 70-year participant in the Round Robin chain letter. She married William "Bill" Zuber of Middle Amana on Oct. 14, 1939. Bill played professional baseball and he and Connie made a home for their family in Cleveland, Boston, The Bronx and Sarasota, Fla., with Homestead as their "Home Base." After Bill's baseball career, the couple bought the Homestead Hotel and operated it as Bill Zuber's Dugout restaurant for over 55 years.

Connie was a lifelong member of the Amana Church Society, Homestead Welfare Club, Amana Arts Guild, Amana Heritage Society, National Restaurant Association and Major League Baseball Players Association.

Connie loved to travel, especially to Europe. One of her most memorable travels was with Bill and the Cleveland Indians to Havana, Cuba, for a professional baseball exhibition series in the 1940s. Later in life she spent winters in Sarasota, Fla., and hosted many family and friends escaping from the cold Iowa winters.

Oma Connie was a lovely and beautiful person, both inside and out. She is best remembered for her compassion and graciousness. Oma always made others feel happy, special and loved. Her greatest treasure was family.

She is survived by her sister, Henrietta (Don) Hale of Nevada, Iowa; her son, Dennis (Elaine) Zuber of Homestead; her daughter, Connie Baugh of Middle Amana, Iowa; grandchildren, Eric (Kimberly) Zuber of South Amana, Inge Baugh of Cape Coral, Fla., Nick (Kristie) Zuber of Cedar Rapids, Gunther (Houssey) Baugh of Geneva, Switzerland, and Heidi (Mike) Sandersfeld and Gretchen (Brad) Muhlenbruck, both of Middle Amana; and great-grandchildren, Gerrod and Johanna Zuber, Connor, Hannah and Michael Zuber, Simon Baugh, Gunther and Ellery Sandersfeld and Reiner Muhlenbruck.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; and a brother, Dr. William Moershel, and his wife, Phyllis.

We would like to thank all those who cared for Oma Connie.

Online condolences may be sent via www.klosterfuneralhome.com.