Your memorial contribution in Barbara’s name will be placed in the Urban & Margaret Hipp Family Endowment Fund.
Barbara Hipp Fiore passed away on August 30, 2021.
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Barbara Hipp Fiore, 81, died peacefully at home in Missoula, Montana on August 30, 2021. Barb was born in Aurora, Illinois on August 19, 1940, attended West Aurora schools, and graduated from West Aurora in the Class of 1958. She received her B.A. in Fine Arts from St. Mary’s of Notre Dame.
Barb was predeceased by her parents, Urban and Margaret Barber Hipp. Barb is survived by her daughter Karen (Richard) Olson of Austin, Texas and her grandchildren Annika and Erik. She is also survived by her son Michael Fiore and grandchildren, Bodie, Coplan, and Kayla. She leaves her brother, David (Sandy) Hipp of Aurora, Illinois, her sister, Nancy Brown of Missoula, Montana, her ex-husband, James Fiore of Madison, Wisconsin, and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Barb was a gifted artist and craftswoman and had a long career in that field. She ran her own business, Silk Screen Creations, in Edgerton, Wisconsin and continued work in the art field for 40 years for The Edgerton Reporter until the day she died.
Funeral arrangements for her burial will be private. Contributions in her memory can be made to your favorite charity or to the Urban and Margaret Hipp Scholarship fund at the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley, PO Box 4786, Aurora, IL 60507.
Your memorial contribution in Barbara’s name will be placed in the Urban & Margaret Hipp Family Endowment Fund.
