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 has published short biographies of each of the 12 individuals in our online editions over the past three weeks, concluding today.
Grace Sigo is featured in today’s edition.
“I am Grace Sigo. I was born just east of Arcadia, and was a resident of the town for the entire 100 years of my life. I married Roy Sigo, who was a landscaper and an expert in repairing antique clocks. After retiring from J.C. Penney in Noblesville after 25 years, I took up ceramics and china painting, and created hundreds of artifacts. My home became my studio and eventually a classroom, as I also taught painting and sculpture. I created hand-painted porcelain booties as gifts to any child born into the Church of the Brethren. I worked with canvas painting and photography, and used an innovative double slide camera, a forerunner of the View Master, to capture events around the area. Many of these pictures have become a part of our history, as my camera documented the building of the dam and Morse Reservoir, schools, local bridges and roads. At age 92, I was recognized as Hamilton County’s Older Citizen of the Year. Once an art student called me “one of our county’s greatest treasures.” I don’t know about that, but I am thankful to have lived such a long life of serving others and making beautiful the world around me. My final resting place is the Arcadia Cemetery.”
Source: David Hildebrand, grandson; Noblesville Ledger and Topics
Interpreted by Victoria Chambers