Edwin A. Catalano, age 92 passed away peacefully at Inspired Living. A native of New Orleans and resident of Kenner, LA since 2007. Born on August 18, 1927 to the late Anthony Catalano and Gladys Vieages Catalano. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Vera Hasling Catalano, who passed away on June 29, 2016, He was a graduate of F. T. Nicholls High School and Tulane University. Ed was a member of the American Chemical Society and he retired as a chemist from U.S.D.A. Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) in New Orleans. He served in the Army Air Corp during WWII. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral Mass at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Chapel, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery) on Friday, December 20 at 12 noon. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am until Mass time. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. Masses or donations to the Charismatic Movement or St. Jude’s Hospital preferred.