{"id":1767,"date":"2014-07-26T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2014-07-26T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T16:33:10","slug":"patrick-e-mahany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1767","title":{"rendered":"Patrick E. Mahany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Patrick E. \u201cPat\u201d Mahany \u2013 88 \u2013 Poags Hole Rd., Arkport, died early Thursday morning (July 24, 2014) after living a long and full life.<\/p>\n

Born in Easton, ME on August 6, 1925, he was the son of Eldon & Delia (Long) Mahany.<\/p>\n

Pat grew up in Easton, ME where he graduated from Easton High School in 1943 with \u201chonors.\u201d\u00a0 He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Army.\u00a0 While in the army, Pat was stationed in France, Luxemburg, and Belgium and was a recipient of the Purple Heart Medal along with numerous other medals.\u00a0 His dedication for his country and fellow patriots continued to run deep through his veins his entire life.<\/p>\n

Moving to the Arkport area in 1947, Pat established Patrick E. Mahany & Sons, Inc., a potato and grain farm located in Arkport.\u00a0 He, along with his sons, operated the business until his \u201cretirement\u201d in 1981.\u00a0 Since 1996, he has been instrumental in the day to day operation of Sun Valley Campsites in Arkport (near Canaseraga).\u00a0 Since 1983, Pat has spent the winter months in Florida with his daughter, Michelle.\u00a0 While in Florida, he gave a valiant attempt to golf and play tennis \u2013 \u201cnot his cup of tea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pat was a member of the Arkport American Legion for 66 years, a former member of the Hornell Knights of Columbus, and a member of National Infantry Association.\u00a0 In the mid 1970s, he served on the Board of Education of the Arkport Central School.<\/p>\n

Pat was a lifelong horseman.\u00a0 As a boy, he worked with horses daily to travel and work his family farm in Maine.\u00a0 Pat enjoyed riding horses and was a member of the Belle Hollow Hunt Club and was \u201cacting as Master of the Hunt.\u201d\u00a0 Throughout the years, he also raised and owned several very successful race horses, both in harness and thoroughbred racing.\u00a0 Pat took pride in his ability to raise most of these horses from foals.<\/p>\n

Pat was also an avid snow skier.\u00a0 He not only skied locally, but also traveled to places such as Colorado, Maine, Vermont, and Canada to ski with close friends and family.\u00a0 He enjoyed a nice warm cup of hot buttered rum and chili that his wife, Phyllis, would make for him to keep warm.\u00a0 He never wore anything other than his cowboy hat while skiing, so he needed all the help he could to keep warm.\u00a0 He was an active skier until he was 82 years young!<\/p>\n

He was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and a communicant of St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0 In recent years, he was a member of St. Mary\u2019s Church in Canaseraga.<\/p>\n

Pat was married on November 26, 1947 to the former Phyllis Millard who died in 2002.\u00a0 He was also preceded in death by his son, Timothy Mahany who died May 8, 2014, his grandson Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Mahany who died in 1999, his brothers Vincent Mahany and Joseph Mahany.<\/p>\n

Surviving are three sons, Patrick (Karen) Mahany, Jr. of Siverthorne, CO; Sean (Nancy) Mahany of Scottsdale, AZ; and Kevin (Christine) Mahany of Arkport; daughter Michelle (Alan) Eddison of Stuart, FL; 1 brother, Murray (Reba) Mahany of Arkport; 2 sisters, Gertrude Thompson of Seattle, WA, and Sr. Joyce Mahany of Standish, ME; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n

The family of Patrick E. \u201cPat\u201d Mahany will receive friends on Sunday (today) from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church Street, Hornell, NY.\u00a0 A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 10:00 AM at St. Ann\u2019s Church with Father John Cullen officiating.\u00a0 Burial will be in St. Mary\u2019s Cemetery with full military honors.<\/p>\n

Pat\u2019s family requests that memorial contributions in his name be made to the Arkport American Legion, West Ave., Arkport NY 14807.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home or click here<\/a> to print a form.<\/p>\n

In recognition of Pat\u2019s service to his country during WWII, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patrick E. \u201cPat\u201d Mahany \u2013 88 \u2013 Poags Hole Rd., Arkport, died early Thursday morning (July 24, 2014) after living a long and full life. Born in Easton, ME on August 6, 1925, he was the son of Eldon & Delia (Long) Mahany. Pat grew up in Easton, ME where he graduated from Easton High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1773,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}