Hope Hooton Fisse

Mrs. Hope Lavon Hooton Fisse, age 94, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on March 19, 1928 in Versailles, Indiana to parents Roland and Clara Warfield Hooton. A 1945 graduate of Cross Plains High School, Hope attained her registered nursing degree from Saint Joseph Infirmary in Louisville, Kentucky. She was united in marriage to Robert Samuel Fisse on January 9, 1954 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Olean, Indiana. This union was blessed with a son Jeff and a daughter Jana. Early in her nursing career, she cared for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and for the United States Army at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. After settling in Madison, she worked at King's Daughters' Hospital, Jefferson County (Indiana) Health Department and Hanover College where she served as the campus nurse for 24 years. Hope enjoyed volunteering for Historic Madison Inc. and the Jefferson County Historical Society. A faithful member of Faith Lutheran Church in Madison, she served on the Altar Guild and assisted with bereavement luncheons and confirmation receptions. Hope passed away, secure in her faith, on Monday, April 18, 2022, at 8:30 p.m. at the River Terrace Health Campus in Madison, Indiana.

A LOVING FAMILY Hope will be missed by her loving her son, Jeff Fisse and his wife Anne of Madison, Indiana; her grandchildren, Andy, Sam (Kelly), Derek (Jordan), Jessey (Jon), Jarrett (Sonja), Hana (Kent); her sister, Faith Huffman of Lafayette, Indiana; her brother, Dwight Hooton (Donna) of Versailles, Indiana; and her great-grandchildren, Nick, Maizey, Beau, Juliann, Elowyn, and Owen. She was preceded in death by her father, Roland Kenneth Hooton, died July 18, 1968, her mother, Clara Marie Warfield Hooton, died January 18, 2001, husband of 66 years, Robert Samuel Fisse, died August 26, 2020, daughter, Jana Ann Mason died October 24, 2010, sisters, Janice Lee Hooton, died February 1929, Patricia Hooton, died September 22, 1944, Mary Jane Hooton, died December 26, 2016, and Alice M. Swingle, died April 23, 2012, her brothers, Keith Hooton, died January 26, 1930, and Duane Hooton, died July 14, 2019. PRIVATE SERVICESPer Mrs. Fisse's request, all services are private. Interment will be in the St. Paul Church Cemetery in Olean, Indiana.

MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Lutheran Church. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com

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