Barbara Hipp Fiore, who worked many years in newspaper production for The Edgerton Reporter, died Monday, Aug. 30. She was 81.
Born Aug. 19, 1940, in Aurora, Ill., she was the daughter of Urban and Margaret Barber Hipp. She graduated in 1958 from West Aurora High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind.
While living in Madison with her then-husband, James, and their children, Karen and Michael, she started her newspaper career with The Edgerton Reporter. Fiore worked in pre-press for the newspaper and held a strong belief in the role local newspapers held in their communities.
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Her work at the newspaper led Fiore to purchase a screenprinting business, Silk Screen Creations. She continued to do both until retiring in 2011. After one year of true retirement, Fiore began working again for The Reporter, editing photos remotely from her home in Missoula, Mont.
Funeral services for Fiore will be private.
