Mary Ellen Paternostro Penton, a beloved resident of Kenner, LA, died Friday, July 25, 2025, after several years of Dementia. She was 92 years old, and was born in New Orleans, LA, on December 11, 1932. She graduated from John McDonogh High School and began a lifelong career in bookkeeping.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Angela and Anthony Paternostro; sister Anna Mae Bouchon; and her loving husband, Howard B. Penton.
Mary Ellen is survived by her son, Glenn M. Penton (Mary L. DiCarlo); grandchildren, Elizabeth A. Penton, Jennifer M. Penton Robert (Timothy), and Glenn M. Penton, Jr. (Rachel L. Poolson); and she was blessed to be survived by great grandchildren, Noah, Nathan, Caleb, and Caroline Robert, and Peryn and Piper Penton. Mary Ellen cherished her family!
The family would like to thank her sitters, Ellen Singleton, Glenda Barnes, Allison Sears, and Heloise Showers for the care and companionship they provided Mary Ellen. They would also like to thank the efficient staff at Waldenburg Villages and West Jefferson Hospital.
A visitation will be held from 11 am until 1 pm on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home. Followed immediately by a Celebration of Life at 1 pm. Interment will be at All Saints Mausoleum in Metairie Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Billy Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse International Relief, samaritanspurse.org.
