Angelo Pietro Mastrippolito

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Angelo Pietro Mastrippolito, age 94, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Brandywine Assisted Living at Longwood in Kennett Square, PA. He was the husband of Rita Angelucci Mastrippolito, with whom he shared 68 years of marriage. Born in Fraz. Selva, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy on August 4, 1931, he was the son of the late Luigi Mastrippolito and the late Antonia D'Orazio Mastrippolito.

After working as a stone mason in Italy and France, he immigrated to the United States in April of 1966 with his wife and three young children, reuniting with his younger siblings, parents, grandparents, uncles, and cousins who had immigrated years earlier. He spent his first few years in the U.S. as a bricklayer and stone mason, constructing many buildings in the area, including the Concord Mall in Wilmington, DE, and the Mary D. Lang Elementary school in Kennett Square.

He also started A&A Mushrooms with his brother, Alfred, with a small two-double farm at his home in Kaolin. In 1971, Angelo started work as an assembly line worker for General Motors in Wilmington, DE, and spent the remainder of his career there, retiring in 1998.

He was an avid beekeeper, keeping hives at his home and the homes of his friends. During his retirement, he began maintaining bee hives at various properties throughout northern Delaware.

In addition to his wife, Angelo is survived by two sons, Luigi (Gino) Mastrippolito and his wife, Maria (DiMedio) of Colora, MD and John Mastrippolito and his wife, Elizabeth (Malchione) of Avondale; two daughters, Antonella Porter of Kennett Square and Angela DiMatteo and her husband, John of Centerport, NY; one brother, Alfred Mastrippolito of Avondale; one sister, Mary Mastrangelo and her husband, Franco of Kennett Square; eight grandchildren, Andrew DiMatteo (Rebecca), Nicholas DiMatteo, Daniella DiMatteo, Rebecca Sturgill (Tim), Philip Mastrippolito, Peter Mastrippolito (Emily), Katherine Porter, and Michael Lee Porter; one great-grandchild, James DiMatteo; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and by a sister, Filomena Angelucci.

You are invited to visit with Angelo's family and friends from 9:30-11:00 AM on Friday, August 29, 2025, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 212 Meredith Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. His Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 AM. Interment will be in St. Patrick Cemetery, 460 North Union Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348. 

Contributions in his memory can be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: https://www.michaeljfox.org/

Arrangements are by Grieco Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. (484-734-8100) of Kennett Square, PA. To view Angelo’s online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit www.griecofunerals.com