Marylyn Jo Colonnetta

Marylyn was born in Houston, Texas to the late, Luke and Mary Rose Patronella on the 23rd of July 1940.

Marylyn attended Marion High School. After high school, she married, Joseph Charles her husband of 66 years. For over 30 years, she was a member of multiple Italian organizations. Marylyn was a member of, Ladies of Sacred Heart, St. Joseph Altar Guild, and the Amiketos. Marylyn also enjoyed gathering with friends to play Mah-Jongg.

To know, Marylyn was to know there was always something cooking in the kitchen large enough to feed a feast.

There wasn’t a dish she couldn’t prepare, or a recipe she didn’t master.

Saturday afternoons had the smell of Suga on the stove, cooking for Sunday’s dinner. Family was everything to Marylyn and providing a feast for the family meant the world to her. She didn’t just cook for her family. She spent countless hours cooking for the Saint Joseph’s table, church, neighbors, and anyone that was sick or needed a meal. Being in the kitchen was true happiness for Marylyn. The only thing she loved more than cooking was her husband and her children. Marylyn was a one of a kind sister that loved her younger sister Cathryn more than words could ever describe. One of her family traditions was on Easter Sunday, making the Thorn of Christ and a homemade strawberry shortcake. That tradition was passed on from her mother, Mary Patronella, Marylyn didn’t skip a beat on traditions with her family, that was her most cherished time.

Marylyn is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Colonnetta. Marylyn is survived by her children Annette Colonnetta Devers and her husband Kevin Devers, Vince J. Colonnetta and his wife Julia Colonnetta and Marisa Colonnetta O’Neal and her husband Sid O’ Neal; grandchildren, Christopher Keys, Vincent J. Colonnetta Jr, Joseph Charles Colonnetta II, and his wife Niki, Cameron Devers and his wife Courtney, Skylar Devers Wright and her husband Tim, Austin O’Neal and Sydney O’Neal; Great Grandchildren, Leah Belle Colonnetta and Callahan Devers; sister, Cathryn Restivo, brother-in-law, Sam Restivo, and her two Godsons, Tommy Colonnetta Jr. and Jason Husbands.

The family would like to give special thanks to the amazing team that cared for her.

Marylyn is gone but never forgotten, leaving her loving memories and Italian family traditions in our hearts forever.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers include; Vincent Colonnetta, Joseph Colonnetta, Cameron Devers, Austin O’Neal, Jason Husbands and Tommy Colonnetta.

Family and Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from five o’clock in the afternoon until seven o’clock in the evening on Friday, the 7th of March, in the Jasek Chapel and the Bush Parlor of Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston, where the Recitation of the Holy Rosary is to commence at seven o’clock in the evening in the Jasek Chapel.

Mass of Christian Burial is to be offered at half-past ten o’clock in the morning on Saturday, the 8th of March at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 1801 Sage Road in Houston, with Father Stephen B. Reynolds officiating. Immediately following all are invited to greet the family during a reception in the Fellowship Hall.

The family will gather for a private interment at Forest Park Lawndale in Houston.