A funeral mass was offered Nov. 25 at Our Lady of Mercy Church for Mary G. Carpinelli. She died Nov. 22 at Bayonne Medical Center. Born in Jersey City, the daughter of the late Grace and Emil Zuppa, she received her B.A. degree in education in 1962 from Jersey City State Teachers College, currently New Jersey City University. Mary was a teacher at P.S. 3 for the Cliffside Park Board of Education for 36 years, retiring in 1998. She and her husband were World-Wide travelers. She was the wife of Michael Carpinelli; sister of Angela Zuppa Ciccone and her husband Carmine and Emily Grace Zuppa; aunt of Dana Ciccone Vigilante and her husband Jason and Marcello Ciccone; grand aunt of Emiliana Grace Vigilante. Mary is also survived by her aunt Lucy Zuppa, her cousins and friends. She had a special place in her heart for her little furry friend Sebastian, who was known to her as “Scoochie”. Services arranged by the Greenville Memorial Home, Jersey City.