Elaine Rippa, 66, a resident of LaGrange since 1981 and formerly of Brooklyn, died on June 30, 2016 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Born in Jersey City, NJ on April 11, 1950, she was the daughter of Dolores Chambers Ferguson of Flemington, NJ and the late James Ferguson. Elaine was employed as a teacher with the Wappingers Central School District at Oak Grove Elementary School for 24 years until her retirement in 2008. She was a parishioner of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church.

On August 8, 1971 at St. Joseph's Church in Union City, NJ, Elaine married Richard Rippa who survives at home. She is also survived by her sons, Paul Rippa and his wife Kelly of McDonough, GA and Timothy Rippa of Portland, OR; her grandsons, Garrison and Tanner; her siblings and their spouses, Dolores Aversa, Robyn and Eloi Sedillos, James and Jeanne Ferguson, Richard and Linda Ferguson, Dawn and Pat Varano; her brother and sisters-in-law, Vincent and Monica Rippa, and Elizabeth Rippa; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers-in-law, Robert and Eugene Rippa.

Calling hours will be held on Friday from 4-8pm at the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc., 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Saturday at 10am at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, 1925 Route 82, LaGrangeville. Interment will be in the family plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. Please visit Elaine's Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.