Bob and Sue Lotz

Bob and Sue Lotz were interviewed on October 28, 2022.

Bob was born in Chicago, grew up, and attended school in suburban Chicago where he developed a lifetime interest in photography. He graduated from Purdue University.

Sue grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and developed a lifelong love of horses at a camp in VT. She graduated from Colorado College.

Sue and Bob met cross-country skiing while working on graduate degrees at MIT. They were married in 1972 and first lived in Cambridge.

In 1977, while working at Digital, they bought their current home in Groton. In July 1979 their lives changed dramatically when Bob’s sister and her husband were killed in a plane crash.  They quickly adopted their two children – Bryson and Joy.

Sue and Bob have been very active in the Groton Community – at First Parish, road racing, photography, Indian Hill Music, Prescott, and the Conservation Trust. Bob was the Founder of Groton Neighbors. They have been active recently in bringing and playing pickleball in Groton.