AUBURN - Mario D. Musso, 74, of 15 Garrow St., Auburn died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, in Auburn Memorial Hospital.

A life resident of Auburn, Mario was a communicant of St. Francis Church. He was the son of the late Antonio and Theresa Musso.

Until his retirement in 1983, he had been employed for 30 years at New Process Gear in Syracuse and was a member of the U.A.W. Union.

Mario was a member of the Sons of Italy and the Italian Heritage Society. He also worked part-time at Me Old Man's News Stand.

He is survived by his wife, Ida Campagnola Musso; two sons, Mario and his wife, Sherry of Auburn and Mark and his wife, Rene of Weedsport; three daughters, Theresa Ukolowicz and her husband, Karl, Elie Musso-Kelly and son-in-law Paul, Claudia Conway and her husband, David, all of Auburn; two brothers, Pasquale and his wife, Jessie and Paul and his wife, Sally; 13 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Frank in 1962.

Services will be at 8;45 a.m. Tuesday in the Cheche Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Francis Church.

Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Friends may call 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Cheche Funeral Home.