Eileen Frances (Kadera) Hupp, 87, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Ridgeview Care Center, in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids with Fr. Ken Glaser presiding. Friends may visit with the family from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, where there will be a 3:45 p.m. rosary.  Burial will take place at St. John's Cemetery.

Eileen was born on May 17, 1938, in Walford, Iowa the daughter of Charles J. and Adeline T. (Svoboda) Kadera. She graduated from St. Patrick High School in Cedar Rapids. Eileen married William Forrest Hupp on June 15, 1957, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a home health aide for Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Eileen's joy in her life came from her family, sewing, quilting, and doing craft work.

Eileen is survived by her sons Ken (Peggy) Hupp, Tom (RanDee) Hupp, Chris (Leah) Hupp, and Dean (Lisa) Hupp; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; twelve great-great-grandchildren; her brother Steven (Terri) Kadera; brother-in-law David Arnold; sister-in-law Casey Hupp; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of forty years, William Hupp; her parents; her sister Angie Arnold; brothers-in-law Robert Hupp, and David Hupp; her grandson Thaddeus Hupp; and her father and mother-in-law Julian and Bernadine "Bee" Hupp.

Memorials may be directed to Suncrest Hospice in her name.