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Dolores Lahey, 97, of Greenfield

May 19, 1927 — November 1, 2024

Dolores Lahey, 97, of Greenfield

Graveside Services: Will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at the Greenfield Cemetery. The Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of the professional arrangements. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com. 

Open Visitation: Will be held on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. 

Family Visitation: The family will greet friends on Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield. 

Memorials: May be directed to the Dolores Lahey Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date. 

Dolores June Lahey was born on May 19, 1927, in Greenfield, Iowa, the daughter of Carl and Maggie (Jacobsen) Tilk. She passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024, at her home in Greenfield, Iowa, at the age of 97.

Dolores lived her whole life in Adair County, Iowa. She was the oldest of five children and didn’t get to graduate from high school and had to go to work on her own when she was 14. On October 15, 1950, she was united in marriage to Jack Lahey. To this union two children were born: Karen and Joyce.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jack Lahey in 2007; daughter Karen Chiovaro in 2009; and one brother, Donald Tilk.

She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Browning of Grand Junction, Colorado; three grandsons, Bill Wood and wife Allison, Rick Wood and wife Ida and Jason Browning and wife Jessica; five great grandchildren; three sisters, Virginia Dickerson of Greenfield, Mary Lou Armstrong of California and Phyllis Johnson of West Des Moines; other relatives and friends.



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Past Services

Open Visitation

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

2:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

Lamb Funeral Home - Greenfield

101 S.E. 4th Street, Greenfield, IA 50849

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Family Greeting Friends

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

5:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

Lamb Funeral Home - Greenfield

101 S.E. 4th Street, Greenfield, IA 50849

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Graveside Service

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Starts at 11:00 am (Central time)

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