Mary Ellen Allender Obituary

We are sad to announce that on December 28, 2024, at the age of 93, Mary Ellen Allender (Lexington, Kentucky) passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Mary Ellen Allender to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Hood Gentry and Helen Jacobs Gentry; her husband John Allender; her sisters, Joann Roach and Lucille Pigue; her sons, Matthew Spalding Allender and Michael Joseph Allender; and her granddaughter Ashley Allender Leggett.

She is survived by: her children, John Rodes Allender (Cynthia), Stephen Gentry Allender (Gay), Nancy Jones and Lynn Allender Tipton (Wesley); her siblings, Richard Gentry, Raymond Gentry and Carolyn Grawe (Robert); her brother-in-law Gene Roach; her daughter-in-law Shirley Allender; her grandchildren, Brett Jones (Shannon), Casey Dean (Jon), Justin Allender, Jordan Allender (Bailey), Jarrod Allender, Jentry Duffer (McKinley), Sarah Reeves (Seth), Wesley Tipton II, Elisabeth Davis (Jordan) and Aaron Allender; and her great grandchildren, Kylie, Delaney, Jackson, Wyatt, Ella, Lily, Ross, Eliza Kate, Blake and Bennett.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to St. Paul Catholic Church or the church or charity of one's choice.