Hope Elliott

Mary Hope Chipman Elliott, best known as Hope, a Florence, Kentucky resident, passed away Monday, March 18th, 2024 at the St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence; she was 95 years old. Hope was born at home in Williamstown, Kentucky on Saturday, February 2nd, 1929 to the late August Edward Chipman and Helen Spillman Chipman. In addition to her parents, Hope is preceded in death by her husband of over 53 years, Louis Rich “Joe” Elliott; as well as four of her siblings: Sarah (Landon) Perry, Russell (Wanda) Chipman, Stella (Clyde) Howell, and Charlie (Jan) Chipman. She is survived by her two adoring siblings, Laura (Billy) Hopper of Verona, Kentucky, and Dennis (Barbara) Chipman of Florence, Kentucky; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Hope, the oldest of seven children, graduated with the class of 1946 from Simon Kenton High School and was a long time member at the Goshen Christian Church in Piner, Kentucky. She was employed as an office worker for a number of years at the Union Central Life Insurance Company in Cincinnati, Ohio until moving to Indiana later in life for Joe’s career as a railroad engineer. Hope adored drawing & coloring, and possessed a beautiful, soprano singing voice; she was a true artist at heart.

On Wednesday, December 21st, 1949, Hope and Joe were united in marriage. The two would spend the next five decades of their lives together until Joe’s passing in May of 2003. Hope and Joe raised crops at their farm in Indiana when at home, but often traveled in their camper, exploring flea markets and seeing the sights this beautiful country held. They traveled not only the country but the world, reaching as far as Australia, and eventually making it to their dream destination of Alaska, a territory they had hoped to reach for much of their lives and marriage.

A visitation for Hope will be held at the Hamilton Stanley Funeral Home in Verona, Kentucky on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 from 11:00AM until 2:00PM. Following the visitation, a funeral service beginning at 2:00PM will be held at the funeral home, officiated by Brother Howard Chipman. Later that afternoon following the funeral service, Hope will be laid to rest alongside her beloved Joe at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Dry Ridge, Kentucky.