Mary Ellen married Anthony William Sariti on June 12, 1965, at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church in Merchantville, New Jersey. Mary Ellen is the daughter of Alice Hart and James Kennedy of Philadelphia, the granddaughter of Alice Tinneny Hart and the great-granddaughter of Patrick “Yankee Pat” Tinneny of Goladuff, Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, N. Ireland; Greenock, Scotland and Philadelphia. Anthony is the son of Anthony and Margaret (Waterhouse) Sariti.