By Oscar Woods 
She grew up hearing her father’s voice on the radio every summer. Then, over 13 years, she watched her family of six become three. Who is Sue Ann Uecker, and what does the Uecker name mean beyond the broadcast booth?
Sue Ann Uecker was born in April 1960, the third child of Bob and Joyce Uecker, right as her father was starting his years as a backup catcher in the National League. She grew up in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, in a household where baseball was never just a sport. It was a livelihood, a dinner table topic, and eventually the sound coming through the radio on warm summer nights for 54 straight seasons.
When Bob Uecker passed away at his Menomonee Falls home on January 16, 2025, ten days before what would have been his 91st birthday, Sue Ann lost the last thread connecting her to a childhood home and to a family that had already grown painfully smaller. She is now one of two surviving children from the Hall of Fame broadcaster’s first marriage.
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Growing Up in the Uecker Household
Sue Ann was 11 years old when Bob retired from playing and took the Milwaukee Brewers radio job in 1971. That one decision shaped the next five decades for the family. Bob became the voice of Brewers baseball, a nationally known television personality from his regular appearances on Johnny Carson’s late night show, and eventually the face of the sitcom Mr. Belvedere as George Owens. The Uecker children, meanwhile, grew up largely out of that spotlight.
Her parents divorced in 1975, when Sue Ann was 15. Her mother Joyce, who worked as a travel agent for AAA and later managed Wisconsin Craftsman, raised the four kids through the split while Bob’s broadcasting life kept expanding. As an adult, Sue Ann stayed close to the Milwaukee area. According to her LinkedIn profile, she works as a manager at TMP Directional Marketing in Menomonee Falls, not far from where she grew up.
Sue Ann Uecker at a Glance
- Born April 1960 to Bob and Joyce Uecker in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
- Third of four children from Bob Uecker’s first marriage
- Works as a manager at TMP Directional Marketing near Milwaukee
- Mother of two daughters: Victoria Bennett and Nichole Uecker
- Named among Bob Uecker’s surviving family in the official January 2025 family statement
- One of two surviving Uecker children, alongside her brother Bob Uecker Jr.
Thirteen Years of Loss Inside One Family
Between 2012 and 2025, Sue Ann Uecker lost four of the five closest people in her life. Each loss came with circumstances that made it harder to process, not easier.
- April 5, 2012 Her younger brother Steve Uecker, a cowboy who had been living in California, died from complications of San Joaquin Valley Fever at age 53. The date happened to fall on Opening Day of the baseball season. Bob Uecker went to visit his son at the hospital, then drove to Chicago to call that night’s Brewers game.
- 2015 Her mother Joyce Uecker passed away. Joyce had worked in travel and retail management across Wisconsin and had raised the four children largely on her own following the divorce.
- March 11, 2022 Her older sister Leeann Uecker Ziemer died at 65 after a battle with ALS. As the disease took her ability to speak, Bob moved Leeann from Cedarburg to be near his condo in Menomonee Falls during her final months. He later began wearing an ALS awareness hat at Brewers games in her memory.
- January 16, 2025 Her father Bob Uecker died at his Menomonee Falls home after a private two-year fight with small-cell lung cancer, a diagnosis he received in early 2023. He kept broadcasting Brewers games through the 2024 season, calling his final game during the National League Wild Card Series that October.
Bob brought us a lifetime of joy in both his public and private life. We loved him deeply. — Uecker Family Statement via Milwaukee Brewers, January 24, 2025
The Private Memorial and the Family Statement
On January 24, 2025, eight days after Bob’s death, Sue Ann and her brother Bob Uecker Jr. held a private memorial and burial for their father. An official family statement was released through the Milwaukee Brewers that same day, naming the surviving family and thanking fans for the impromptu memorial that had gathered around Bob’s statue outside American Family Field.
The statement listed Sue Ann’s two daughters, Victoria Bennett (married to Austin Bennett) and Nichole Uecker (married to Brandon Peters), among Bob’s four surviving grandchildren. Three great-grandchildren were also named. The family confirmed they are working with the Brewers on a public Celebration of Life for Bob, planned for summer 2025.
In Bob Uecker’s Memory — Designated Charities
- Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin — cancer research and clinical care
- Wounded Warrior Project
- The ALS Association
Sue Ann Uecker: A Life Away From the Cameras
Sue Ann Uecker has spent her adult life working, raising her family, and staying rooted in the same Wisconsin community where she was born. She has no public profile linked to the Uecker name, did not appear regularly at her father’s public events, and has not sought attention in the years since his death. That kind of consistency, maintained across decades while her father was one of the most recognizable voices in American sports, says something about who she is.
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The Uecker name in Milwaukee carries a specific weight. For most of the state, it means five decades behind the Brewers microphone, a Hall of Fame broadcasting career, a statue outside American Family Field, and the kind of self-deprecating humor that made Bob a household name from Milwaukee to Hollywood. For Sue Ann, it means something more personal. It means the siblings she lost, the mother and father who are now both gone, and the quiet life she kept building while the world watched her father work.
Sue Ann Uecker remains in Wisconsin. She is, in her own way, the person who holds what the Uecker family looks like when the cameras are off.