Ida Marie Cipriano

Ida Marie Cipriano

Ida "Ede" Cipriano, 91, formerly of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 17, 2009, at her home in Westminster Canterbury of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville, Virginia.

She was born September 7, 1917, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. She graduated from Overbrook Senior High School, then worked several years as a legal secretary before marrying her husband, Fred Cipriano. They celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary this past February.

The couple lived most of their lives in the New Jersey/ Pennsylvania area, where she managed her husband's custom home building business. While living in Longport, New Jersey, she became a local sponsor for a Miss America contestant for two pageants. During her years in Drexel Hill she was a member of Saint Bernadette's Catholic Church, president of the Women's Club of Drexel Hill, a Girl Scout leader, a volunteer at Delaware County Memorial Hospital's gift shop, and a caregiver to an aunt and uncle who had no children of their own.

She is survived by her loving husband, Fred L. Cipriano Sr.; one son, Fred L. Cipriano Jr. and his wife, Lynda, of Queenstown, Maryland; two daughters, Bobbi Cipriano of Kansas City, Missouri, and Pam Cipriano and her husband, Ron Turner, of Charlottesville, Virginia; as well as three grandchildren, Rachel Cipriano, Megan Turner, and Lydia Turner.

She was preceded in death by all of her siblings, Gloria McDevitt, Louis Spano Sr. and Vincent Spano.

Services for immediate family will be held at Teague Funeral Home on Saturday, August 23, 2009, with interment at Valley Forge Memorial Gardens in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Westminster Canterbury Catered Living and Hospice of the Piedmont for their love, caring, and support.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the WCBR Foundation, Employee Education Fund in honor of the Catered Living Staff, c/o Development Office, 250 Pantops Mountain Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22911.

Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.