Submitted by: Dan Rich

LaVern Mahoney

Oct. 28, 1911 - March 30, 1997

South Bend Tibune 4/13/1997

LaVern Mahoney, 85, passed away March 30, 1997 in Yucaipa, Calif. following an extended illness. He was a graduate of Central High School in South Bend.

Survived by his wife Margaret Adams Mahoney whom he married in April of 1954. She now resides in Tolar, Texas. He is also survived by three children, Paul from Dallas, Texas, Mike from Norwalk, Calif., and Diane Pittman, Costa Mesa, Calif. Preceded in death by his wife, and mother of his four children, Ruth Lucille (Shirley) Mahoney in 1944, and by his eldest son, Leon, of South Bend in 1988.

Also surviving are 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. He was a member of the Local 250 Refrigeration Air Conditioning Union for 25 years. He served as the president for the Local 250. He kept his credentials as a professor of Air Conditioning Refrigeration with a life-long teaching license.

Services have taken place at the Assembly of God Church in Huntington Beach, Calif. on April 4. Memorial graveside services and burial took place on April 7 in Holly Hills Memorial Park, Granbury, Texas.

Editor: He was born and raised in South Bend.