Sandra Maye Bauer

Sandra Maye Bauer departed her Earthly life on October 22, 2026. She was born on March 10, 1937, at what was then called Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Her parents, Mike and Francies Zegarac preceded her in death. Her maternal grandparents Esther and Dallas Snyder, and paternal grandparents Mary and Joseph Zegarac, plus many aunts, uncles, and cousins also made their departure prior to hers. She is survived by: her daughter Stacey Stegbauer Evans (Pete), grandsons Morgan and Peter Joseph Evans, plus several cousins, stepchildren, Nancy Terwilliger, Steve Bauer, Becky Wassmer Bauer and Dan Bauer, several step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren most of whom reside in Kansas City, Missouri.

She attended school in Waterloo, Iowa beginning at Hawthorne Grade School, East Junior High School through East High School where she graduate in 1955. While at East High, she was the band drum majorette, a teen writer for a weekly column in the Waterloo Daily Courier Newspaper, and a panel member of a weekly TV teen show on KWWL TV in Waterloo, Iowa. In her later years, she authored many children's stories.

Upon graduation, she attended Gates Business College in Waterloo. Afterwhich, she became a secretary for New York Life Insurance Company in Waterloo.

In 1957, she married Fred Stegbauer who was the assistant golf pro at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo. Late in 1957, Fred became the head golf pro for 7 years at Keokuk Country Club in Keokuk, Iowa. Their daughter, Stacey, was born in Keokuk in 1959.

In 1964, Sandra, Fred, and Stacey moved to Bloomington, Illinois where Fred became the head golf professional at Bloomington Country Club for 20 plus years. Their marriage dissolved shortly thereafter.

While in Bloomington, Sandra opened an interior design business after completing courses at the New York School of Interior Design and the Chicago School of Interior Design. She had her business for the duration of her stay in Bloomington.

In 1995, Sandra married Lane Bauer, the senior law partner at the Law Firm of Shook, Hardy and Bacon in Kansas City, Missouri. Their union lasted 16 years until Lane's passing in 2011. During their marriage, they lived in Kansas City for 6 months and then when Lane retired, they purchased a townhouse in Mesa, Arizona, where they resided for 6 months of the year.

Sandra was an avid golfer and tennis player for many years. She won the Ladies City Golf Championship in Bloomington, Illinois and several golf club championships at Bloomington Country Club as well as other clubs that she and her husband Lane belonged to. She attributed her golf skills to her father, Mike Zegarac, who started teaching golf to her at 13 years old.

Upon her husband Lane's passing, she joined Sunland Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona where she developed many dear friends. At 80 plus years old, she reconnected with a grade school through high school friend, Mickey McBride. They enjoyed many happy years together.

Sandra's urn will be laid to rest at Garden of Memories, located in Waterloo, Iowa.