Hometown: Lamont, Iowa January 12, 1944 - March 03, 2016

Loras Patrick Lahey, 72, of Lamont passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo. A celebration of his life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2016 at Reiff Funeral Home in Winthrop where a visitation will be held from 11:00 until the time of service. Lahey Funeral Home of Maquoketa is serving the family. Pat was born on January 12, 1944 in Dubuque, Iowa to Loras J. and Cecelia D. (Steffens) Lahey. He served in the United States Army. On May 16, 1964 he was united in marriage to Diane Lynch at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Otter Creek, to this union four children were born; Joe, Laura, Shelly and Larry. Later he married Marty Knight on October 30, 1983 to this marriage a son Patrick Wayne Lahey was born to join his half-brother Bobby Joe Knight. Pat was a truck driver for many years and later owned and operated his own trucking company. He was a member of the American Legion Post #0346 Loren Foster Lamont and was a volunteer firefighter for the Lamont Fire Department for many years. In his earlier years he was a stock car driver on dirt tracks. He raised four wonderful children who blessed him with many grandchildren. Those left to cherish his memories are his children; Joe (Jodie) of Lamont, Laura (Kevin) Myers of Enola, Pennsylvania, Shelly (Butch) Waitman of Lamont, Larry (Debbie) of Springfield, Illinois many grandchildren and a great-grandchild on the way, one sister Gloria Jeannie Wedo of Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin, two brothers; Chuck (Sandy) Lahey of Durand, Illinois, Randy Lahey of Maquoketa and a sister-in-law Doris Lahey of New Glarus, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Gail and a brother Jerry.