Celebrating the wonderful life of Hillhouse
Moore
“Take extravagant pleasure in being alive.”
- Leland Melvin
Credo
Always put the children rst.
Show up 100%. No Half Hearts!
The best in everyone is right there. Find it.
Hold on! What’s the plan?
The person you are with each moment is the most important.
Practice re ection in self and champion it for others.
Revere the details.
Abandon fear. Lead with “Yes.”
Nurture others with grace and support.
Understand the situation and others by listening.
Trust in the joy inherent everywhere.
Read voraciously.
Exercise your sense of humor.
Make music every day.
To the end of your days treasure education and travel.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to support Ingrid’s legacy of teaching excellence at The Steward School.
C H A MP I O N S O F P L A Y I N G R I D H . M O O R E PLAY TO LEARN
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Celebrating the wonderful life of Ingrid Hillhouse Moore
Lora M. Robins Theatre | Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2 p.m.
Welcome .......................................................... Shawn Morrison
Song “Lean On Me” ............................. Lower School Students
Poem “The Pots and Plates of Every Day” ............ Susan E rd
Eulogy ..................................................................Tor Hillhouse
Song “For Good” ........................... Craig Smith & Sandy Dacus
Memories ........................ Peggy Butler, Brielle Lebsack Cohen, & Noelle O’Shea
Memories Video ...................... Susan Atkinson, Suzanne Casey, Dan Frank, Katy Koppanyi, & Elizabeth Simpson
Reading Selections ..............................................Kris Marchant
Re ection ..........................................................Thor Halvorson
Closing Shawn Morrison
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Ingrid died peacefully at home on March 20, 2023, surrounded by devoted family. For nearly three years she fought Stage 4 colorectal cancer with grace and ever higher spirits. She was 48.
Described repeatedly as the brightest light ever to fill a room, Ingrid was a fearless, generous champion of students, teachers, and colleagues. She loved her dream job as Lower School director at The Steward School in Richmond, Virginia, and worked full time until three weeks before her death.
Above all, she showered her love on her husband John Grant “Paco” Moore and their four children: Virginia “Crary,” William Thomas “Wit,” Nelson Grant “Nels,” and Edward Luchsinger “Lucky.” All of them survive her along with her mother Karin Halvorson Hillhouse, her dear friend Susan Efird, her father William A. Hillhouse II and his wife Lisa, and her brother Torsten N. Hillhouse.
Ingrid was born in Denver. Following high school graduation from Colorado Academy, she went on to Northwestern University where she majored in French and art history. Subsequently, she received master’s degrees from Middlebury College (French) and the University of Nottingham (educational leadership) in England.
Her interests were legion. They included children’s well-being, social justice, reading, travel, and singing: whether on stage or in stairwells. Running marathons, hiking, and dancing. Premier League football, especially Arsenal, and the French village of Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany.
Ingrid’s decision-making was powerful and often life-changing. In 2014 she determined that she could prepare herself for future school leadership by getting an advanced degree. But to a ord such study, the entire family would have to move abroad. In short order she and Paco sold their house, left their jobs, secured yearlong visas to the U.K. Ingrid found a rental, and secured public school placement for the four kids (5-13) after appearing in person before the town council to appeal the initial decision denying their application.
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