Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls MT
2-4-2007

HELENA - Great Falls native Patricia Lake O'Loughlin, 83, of Helena,
died of natural causes Saturday at her Helena home.  At her request,
no services are planned.  Survivors include her children, Michael
O'Loughlin of San Francisco, Carl O'Loughlin, Laurie Neils and Sheila
Lopach, all of Helena; and a sister, Karen Leigh, of Kalispell



Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls MT
2-5-2007

HELENA - Great Falls native Patricia Lake O'Loughlin, 83, of Helena,
died of natural causes Friday at her Helena home.  At her request,
no services are planned.  Patricia Lake O'Loughlin died Saturday,
Feb. 2, 2007, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Pat was
born in 1923 in Great Falls to Clarence and Doris Lake. She attended
local schools and the University of Montana, where she was a member of
the Kappa Kappa Gamma social sorority.  She married James O'Loughlin
in 1944. The couple lived in Bozeman, Portland and Kalispell, before
settling in Helena in 1974. Jim died in 1995.  Pat and Jim had four
children, three of whom live in Helena. Her children and grandchildren
cherished their time with Grandma. Pat loved her home, particularly her
flowers and the birds she fed faithfully until very recently. She had a
special place in her heart for Mac, her Scottish Terrier.  Pat's strong
will and independence were family traits. She was a great-granddaughter
of Cornelius Hedges, a Montana pioneer. Her grandfather, Henry Hedges,
ranched near Saco.  Pat is survived by her children and their families,
Michael, Mary and Beth O'Loughlin of San Francisco; Carl, Gail, Kevin and
Kelly O'Loughlin of Helena; Laurie, Kerry and Bridget Neils of Helena;
and Sheila, Dennis, Laura and Patrick Lopach of Helena; and her sister,
Karen Leigh, of Kalispell. She will be greatly missed by her "adopted"
family - Rosie, Jim, Katie and Lexi Gilbert of Kalispell, and by her
extended family across the United States.  Pat was preceded in death by
her only brother, Donald Hedges Lake.