{"id":28997,"date":"2016-04-25T08:32:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28997"},"modified":"2016-04-25T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T12:41:09","slug":"obituaries-august-augie-joseph-depippo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=28997","title":{"rendered":"Obituaries: August ‘Augie’ Joseph DePippo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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August \u201cAugie\u201d Joseph DePippo<\/p><\/div>\n

August \u201cAugie\u201d Joseph\u00a0 DePippo, age 86, passed away peacefully, on April 22, 2016, ,surrounded by his family, at Maris Grove Senior Community.\u00a0 Augie is survived by his wife Emily of 62 and a half years, Maris Grove, Glen Mills, PA, son Joe and his wife Nancy, who reside in Brevard, North Carolina, and son Richard and his husband Doug, who reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u00a0 He is preceded in death by his brother Robert DePippo and his parents, Pasquale and Anna.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Malvern, PA to Pasquale and Anna DePippo, Augie grew up in Toughkenamon, PA, attended Saint Patrick\u2019s School for eight years, and graduated from Kennett High School in 1947.\u00a0 Augie was proud to have been a member of Toughkenamon Toughies football and baseball teams, and he played both soccer and baseball for Kennett High School.\u00a0 He was a veteran and served our Country in the US Army from 1951 through 1953.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1953 Augie married Emily DaVia.\u00a0 Augie and Millie were partners with brother Bob and Peggy DePippo in the Brown Derby Restaurant which was first opened by his parents in 1934.\u00a0 They worked together for 40 years and made the Brown Derby a popular local restaurant.\u00a0 The Brown Derby was owned and operated by the DePippo family for sixty years.\u00a0 Augie was also active in the community.\u00a0 He served as a director of Elmwood Federal Savings and Loan, and was elected to the Borough Council of Kennett Square.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After selling the Brown Derby in 1994, Augie and Millie retired.\u00a0 In 2000 they moved to the Spruce Creek Community in Summerfield, Florida.\u00a0 During his retirement he was a volunteer at the Southern Chester County Medical Center and at the Soup Kitchen operated by St. Theresa\u2019s Catholic Church in Belleview, FL.\u00a0 Augie was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing with Millie and friends.\u00a0 He enjoyed traveling with Millie and together they took many trips abroad and throughout the US.\u00a0 In October 2013, they moved back to Pennsylvania and the Maris Grove Retirement Community where they have resided until his passing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You are invited to visit with Augie\u2019s family and friends from 6:00 to 9:00 Tuesday evening, April 26, 2016 and again from 9:30 to 10:30 Wednesday morning, April 27, 2016, at the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral Home, 250 West State Street, Kennett Square, PA.\u00a0 His Funeral Mass will follow at 11:00 at St. Patrick Church, 212 Meredith Street, Kennett Square, PA.\u00a0 Burial will be private.<\/span><\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, a contribution in Augie\u2019s memory , may be made to the Willow Tree Hospice, 616 East Cypress Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348<\/span><\/p>\n

To view Augie\u2019s online tribute and to share a memory with his family, please visit <\/b>www.griecocares.com<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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August \u201cAugie\u201d Joseph\u00a0 DePippo, age 86, passed away peacefully, on April 22, 2016, ,surrounded by his family, at Maris Grove Senior Community.\u00a0 Augie is survived by his wife Emily of 62 and a half years, Maris Grove, Glen Mills, PA, son Joe and his wife Nancy, who reside in Brevard, North Carolina, and son Richard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4586],"tags":[8319],"class_list":["post-28997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-august-augie-joseph-depippo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28998,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28997\/revisions\/28998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}