Born Grace Rotunno in New Brighton, she settled in Dongan Hills in 1964.
A homemaker, Mrs. Ippolito graduated from Curtis High School, St. George.
Mrs. Ippolito was a parishioner of St. Ann's R.C. Church, Dongan Hills.
She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of Michael J. Labetti Post, Rosebank and a member of the Exceptional Children's Club.
She enjoyed ballroom dancing, traveling and making ceramics.
She was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Samuel, who died in 2007, and a son, Andrew, who died in 2006.
Surviving are one son, Joseph, and one granddaughter.
The funeral will be Thursday from the Casey Funeral Home, Castleton Corners, with a mass at 11 a.m. in St. Ann's Church. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.
