Anne M. (Trum) Bushnell, 74, of Sterling, formerly of Auburn, died Tuesday night at Holden District Hospital.

She was the wife of Robert E. Bushnell.

Besides her husband, she leaves three daughters, Elizabeth N, wife of Victor Cusanello of West Boylston, Roberta J. Cormier and Mary A. Bushnell, both of Sterling.; a brother John Trum of Palos Verdes, Calif; five sisters, Marylynn Leavitt of Miami, Fla., Eileen Butkevich of Las Vegas, Nev., Catherine Clark, Lillian Derry, and Dorothea Bealand, all of Worcester, and nine grandchildren.

She was born in Worcester, daughter of John J. and Lillian (Mulligan) Trum, and lived at 54 Wallace Ave., Auburn, before moving to Sterling eight years ago.

Mrs. Bushnell was active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxillary in Worcester and had served as a past president.  She was a member of the Worcester County Sheep Breeders Association and a Volunteer of the Worcester County 4-H Sheep Club.

The funeral will be held Saturday from Gould Funeral Home, One West Boylston Street, West Boylston, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Richard of Chichester Church, 4  Bridge Street. Burial will be in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton.

Calling hours at the funeral home are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.