Mario Del Gaudio, 86, of Springfield, Missouri, a former longtime Livingston resident, died Saturday, June 30. Visitation will be held today, Thursday, July 5, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Paul Ippolito-Dancy Memorial in Caldwell. The funeral will be held at St. Philomena Roman Catholic Church, Livingston, on Friday, July 6, at 11:30 a.m., followed by the entombment at Gate of Heaven Mausoleum, East Hanover. Born in Lucera, Italy, on January 29, 1932, Mr. Del Gaudio came to the U.S. in 1956, and in 1958 married Ida Panzano Del Gaudio, who died in 1991. He owned homes in Lake Parsippany, Verona, Orange, Livingston, and West Orange. He moved to Springfi eld 14 years ago, where he had a companion, Pina Waring. Before retiring in his mid-60s, he was a bricklayer with the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasters Union Local 13, Newark. Mr. Del Gaudio is survived by daughters, Mary Jo Baum and her husband, Mark Baum; Lucia Huonker, and her husband, Richard Huonker; and his son, Leonard Del Gaudio and his wife, Kathi Del Gaudio; three brothers; and five grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Bright Focus Foundation (www.brightfocus.org), an organization dedicated to saving mind and sight through research.
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