Mabel Emeline Rose Muscato

Born Jan. 4, 1926 in Charlotte Center, she was a daughter of the late Gerald and Fern Delahoy Rose.

She was a 1943 graduate of Cassadaga Valley Central School.

In addition to being a wife, mother and homemaker, Mabel also was employed at Dunkirk Ice Cream and many restaurants, including Candy Land Coffee House, Cassadaga Diner, White Horse and was co-owner of Grandma’s Kitchen, Cassadaga.

Wife of the late James Muscato; mother of, Lawrence Muscato of Bolivar, Teresa Mersing, Charles, David (Susan) and Philip Muscato, all of Cassadaga and Russell (Janet) Muscato of Buffalo, James (Cheryl) Muscato of Madison, Ohio, Angela (Michael) Bolender of Mayville, Mary (Gary) Fisher of Voluntown, Conn., and Lucy (Charles) LaPorte of Westfield. Grandmother of 20; great-grandmother of 15; sister of Florence (Lester) Frost of Cassadaga, and Frank (Donna) Gugino of Tennessee. Also survived by nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas Muscato and infants: Francis, Christopher and Florence Muscato; and the late Ellen Rose Abers, George Gugino, Lee and John Rose.

Memorials may be made to the Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department, Cassadaga, NY 14718 or Chautauqua Hospice Palliative Care, 20 W. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, NY 14750

Services are private. Arrangements by Jordan Funeral Home, Sinclairville. jordansinclairville.com