Mochour, Laverne L.

Laverne L. Mochour
Sept. 12, 1914-Aug. 31, 1958


Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, September 2, 1958, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

LaVerne L. Mochour, 43, of 1307 Louis Street, member of the Niles Police Department since Dec. 17, 1951, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was stricken ill at his  home and rushed to Pawating Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Patrolman Mochour was born Sept. 12, 1914, in Niles, and had lived his entire life in this community. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Niles Elks Lodge, and Fraternal Order of Police.

Surviving are: his wife, Evelyn, two daughters, Carla, in Tucson, Ariz.,  and Judy, at home; his stepfather, O.E. Hayden, of Mishawaka, Ind., and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Stedman, of Niles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the First Methodist Church with the pastor, the Rev. L. George Beacock, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery with graveside rites by the Niles Elks Lodge.  Friends may call at the Kiger-Halbritter Funeral Home here.