Hazel Lavon Larson
Jan. 23, 1916-Dec. 20, 1987
Niles Daily Star, Monday, December 21, 1987, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Hazel Lavon Larson, 71, Niles, died Sunday at 11:35 a.m. at Silverbrook Manor where she had been a resident.
Born Jan. 23, 1916 in Lima, Ohio, the former homemaker was a lifelong Niles area resident. She was married Aug. 28, 1937 in Buchanan to Walter Larson, who died in 1984.
Surviving relatives include: Two sons, Roger, Niles and Duane, Bridman; six sisters, Nellie Prince, Iva Aldridge and Betty Krassow, all of Niles; Goldie Stickovich, Mishawaka, Ind.; Bernice Cherryholmes, Charlotte, M.C.; and Crystal Rossow, Kokomo, Ind.; two brothers, Elwood Hemphill, Niles and Harry Hemphill, South Bend, Ind.; and two grandchildren.
Services are Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Pifer-Smith Funeral Home, Niles, the Rev. Russell Ross, First Church of Christ Christian officiating. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Friends may call today from 6 to 9 p.m.