Grace Ciccarelli Obituary (2022)

Grace Ciccarelli, age 96, handed away in Austin, TX on Could 19, 2022. She handed away peacefully in her household’s residence, within the presence of household and associates who cherished her.
Grace was born in Newark, NJ to Angela and Louis Murante, on July 17, 1925. She grew up there together with her brother, Sal. Their father handed away whereas Grace was in her teenagers, following which occasion, the 2 sibling labored to assist help the household. The 2 remained very shut all through the remainder of their lives. Grace additionally distinguished herself academically throughout this time at St. Lucy’s Catholic College in Newark.
Regardless of humble origins and restricted assets, Grace embodied the sentiment that “nobody could make you’re feeling small with out your consent.” At age 12, she chased the boy subsequent door with a snow shovel to self-discipline him for wrecking her freshly shoveled sidewalk. She married him seven years later in 1944, and the 2 loved the subsequent 64 years collectively. Along with Ciro Ciccarelli, she raised their two ladies, Ida Ann and Grace Mary, and loved the neighborhood of a big prolonged household.
Grace and Ciro moved to Level Nice, NJ in early 1960’s. There, they raised their ladies in a house that Ciro designed and constructed, principally along with his personal palms. Grace spent a lot of that point caring for the wants of their older daughter, Ida Ann, who was affected by a progressive neurological illness. It was a tough loss for all when Ida in the end handed in 1976.
The household moved once more in 1979 when Ciro’s employment took him to south Florida, the place they settled in Boca Raton. Their youthful daughter, Grace Mary, married Kip Harris there in 1984. Two grandchildren, each ladies, quickly adopted. The 2 grandchildren had been the main target and pleasure of Grace and Ciro’s life from that point on. Grace and Ciro additionally grew to become avid ballroom dancers, and energetic members of the Elks and different civic organizations.
Grace and Ciro adopted Grace Mary’s household to Austin in 1998 after employment drew the youthful household there. The grandparents later moved into the youthful household’s residence in 2002, the place Grace and Ciro continued to play an enormous function within the grandchildren’s lives. Additionally they continued their ballroom dancing and different civic engagement, and particularly their engagement with the St John Neumann Catholic Church neighborhood. Religion was central to Grace’s life, and she or he remained a religious Catholic all through.
Grace is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Grace Mary and Kip Harris; her granddaughter, Christine Marie Harris and her husband Chase Pratt; and her granddaughter Nicole Harris Zhang and her husband Kevin Zhang.
Grace’s life will likely be celebrated with Mass at 11am on Friday, Could twenty seventh, at St John Neumann’s Catholic Church in Austin. There will likely be a visitation interval within the church sanctuary, previous to the Mass, from 10:00am to 11:00am.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Grace’s reminiscence might be made to the St Vincent de Paul Society, c/o St John Neumann church in Austin.

Revealed by Legacy on Could 26, 2022.