The Hamilton Heights High School theater students will hold a “Lantern Walk” through Cicero Cemetery from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 22. The walk will include 12 stops at the gravesites of important folks in the history of Jackson Township.
The Reporter will publish a short biography of each of the 12 individuals in our online editions from Wednesday to Saturday for three weeks, concluding April 15.
Victoria Hope is featured in today’s edition.
“I am Victoria Mosbaugh Hope. I spent many years as a church organist and teacher. At the age of 13, I performed at “The Little Church Around the Corner” in New York City. I played with the Purdue Glee Club, and for nearly every local program that needed accompaniment. This included high school commencements, where my organ was trucked into the gymnasium for the ceremony. I was State District Deputy and Grand Organist of the Eastern Star, and received Honorary Life Membership from Bethel #65 Jobs Daughters, where I served as Guardian, Director of Music and Grand Director of Music for Grand Council of Indiana. My husband Don and I owned the Cicero Canning Company, and I assisted in the operation of the Hope Realty Office. I served as the first woman Trustee of Jackson Township. I was named to Who’s Who of American Women and Sagamore of the Wabash. I was instrumental in moving and saving the Arcadia Depot. My final resting place is the Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Fishers.
Source: Victoria Hope Obituary; Toni Voss Dickover, niece
Interpreted by Maddy Pouch