MARY TENNEY Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 19 Nov 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ November 14. 2005 12:52PM Mary Tenney Mary Schifani Tenney, 100, a native and life-long resident of Thibodaux, died Nov. 11, 2005. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Life Center in Thibodaux. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the center, with burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Thibodaux. She is survived by her stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law Donysia and Wayne Broussard of Lockport, Alleen and Abe Hebert of Navarre, Fla.; nephews Charles J. Bilello of Mandeville and Dr. John W. Schifani of Memphis; nieces, Nickie S. Schiele of Kenner, Patricia S. Bilello of Napoleonville and Michelle S. Cortez of Thibodaux; and seven step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Allen Tenney; parents Giovanni and Antonina Musso Schifani; brothers Nicholas "Nick," Frank and Salvadore "Sam" Schifani; sisters Rose Schifani Basta and Annie Schifani Bilello; niece Nina Schifani and nephew Salvadore "Sal" Schifani Jr. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph Co-cathedral and a member of the Catholic Daughters of American Court Anna Maria 993. She retired from Lafourche Parish Schools, having taught for 37 years. Landry's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.