Susanne Losch Hupp, 96, a sixty-three-year resident of Orlando passed away peacefully in Winter Park on Friday, April 19, 2024. Born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 4, 1927, to the late Genevieve and Richard Losch, she was “Susie” throughout her life to family, friends, and all who knew her. After graduation from Central High School in Omaha, she went on to the University of Missouri School of Journalism. While attending the University, she met Bill Hupp, a fellow student and Navy pilot. After a brief stint working for the Omaha World Herald, Susie married Bill in 1951 and became a full-time mom as the couple started to raise a family. In 1961, the couple along with their three young children, moved to Orlando, where they joined numerous college friends who were instrumental to the growth and prosperity developing in the Central Florida community.
Susie was active in the Orlando Symphony and the Orlando Opera Guild serving one year as Guild President. During her tenure at the Opera Guild, she was instrumental in bringing the renowned opera singer, Beverly Sills, to Orlando which was a great achievement for her and for Orlando, which at the time was a modest venue in the world of opera. Susie was an active participant in the PTAs at her children’s schools and she was also an involved and energetic supporter of her children’s academics, sports, and other activities.
After being widowed in her early forties while she was a full-time mother of three teenagers, she resumed a career in journalism joining the staff at The Orlando Sentinel. Her first column, the popular “Tea Table Chatter”, reported on social events in the Central Florida area. At the time, Susie was one of the few female writers working at newspapers. She later began writing for the Sentinel “Homes Section” which featured architecture and home décor in significant homes in the greater Orlando area, as well as Designer Home Showcases that raised money for local charities. While working at The Orlando Sentinel, Susie along with Laura Stewart, co-authored Historic Homes of Florida. The book featured 68 homes throughout Florida - from humble “Cracker” houses to stately mansions that were significant to Florida’s cultural history and are open to the public.
Upon retirement in 1992, she spent time with her family and friends, travelled, and wrote obituaries for friends and Central Florida public figures. In retirement, Susie focused on spending quality time with her grandchildren, attending school and sporting events and proudly attending graduations from high school, college, and graduate and professional schools. She remained active in local and national politics and continued to be a voracious consumer of books, reading each and every day.
She is survived by daughters, Sherry (David) Davich and Marianne Hupp Gertner, daughter-in-law Lynn West Hupp, grandchildren, Will (Molly) Davich, Malaney (Loreto Alonso) Hupp, Scotty Hupp, Andrew Gertner, and Jack Gertner, brother, Richard (Marina) Losch, and many beloved nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by husband, Bill Hupp, son, Scott Hupp, sister, Nancy Losch Blue, and niece, Sarah Losch.
The family wishes to give its deepest heartfelt thanks to all the staff at The Mayflower, Memory Care for the excellent loving care they provided to Susie in her last years of life.
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