Sandra Elizabeth Huber, 62, of Auburn, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.
Sandi was born on June 25, 1961, to parents Carolyn and Richard in Chicago, Illinois. After Sandi graduated from Largo High School in Florida, Sandi went on to study education at the University of South Florida. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, she started her first job as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA). Working for TWA, she met her first husband, William Klingler. Sandi and Bill retired from TWA and went on to have two daughters, McLaurine and Mary Ashton. Bill worked as an Alabama cattleman and pecan farmer, and Sandi was a stay-at-home mother.
Sandi enjoyed cooking, and her skills with unique recipes won an enormous number of awards, including dozens of ribbons; her recipes are in many cookbooks, and her submissions on many cookbook covers. One of her most famous wins was on The Food Network for “My Big Fat Bumpy Life Cake,” Whirlpool’s Second Annual Unique Cake Contest, whose viewing success was repeated annually on The Food Network for nearly a decade during the holidays.
In 2011 Sandi met her second husband, Marc, a world-traveled retiree. They married at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Auburn, Alabama, in 2012. Sandi and Marc traveled extensively during their marriage and shared a love of cooking and animals.
The care and devotion of Sandi’s life on earth will find a lasting reward in heaven.
Sandi was predeceased by her husband Bill and father Richard. She is survived by her husband Marc; mother Carolyn; daughters McLaurine and Mary Ashton, son-in-law Robert and grandson Bobby.
Services were held at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Auburn, on Wednesday, Aug. 16, starting at 1 p.m. Instead of flowers, the family requests donations to Catholic Charities, a charity Sandi was passionate about.