- Date Of Birth: June 10, 1945
- Date Of Death: February 13, 2016
- State: California
Michael “Mickey” Patrick O’Hara passed away Saturday morning, February 13, 2016, from a massive heart attack while riding on his bike with his wife Kathy on the Lario Bike Way near the mouth of Azusa Canyon. He was 70.
Mickey was born on June 10, 1945 at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena CA to his parents Richard Thomas, and Suzanne Gloria Fortier O’Hara and was their second son. He was baptized at St.
After the Army, Mickey returned to University of Arizona in 1969 where he was a pitcher on the school’s baseball team and in 1970 pitched at the college world series in Omaha.
He married Mary Kathleen (Kathy) Brannon O’Hara on June 17, 1972 at the San Gabriel Mission in California. At his passing they were married for 44 years. Throughout their life together, they participated in many 5K and 10K runs and several marathons. He finished his first marathon in Long Beach in 1982 and the Ironman Triathlon in Kona Hawaii in 1989. In the early years of their marriage, Mickey and Kathy went on many road trips with their sons while towing a tent trailer and camping out at the various National Parks. He was a coach for his sons’ baseball and soccer teams during their elementary school years and enjoyed watching them play when not coaching. The family enjoyed dirt bike riding in the high desert of California for many years. Later his grandchildren also participated in dirt bike riding with his oldest grandson winning first place in the 2009 National Champion in the AMA Supermoto Championship Series Intermediate. Mickey enjoyed watching his grandchildren play soccer, baseball, and run track. Mickey and Kathy enjoyed traveling and in their senior years they took several trips together. Most memorable amongst them were an Alaska trip, an African Safari, a trip down the Mississippi River on a paddle wheel boat. They also enjoyed road trips and took a trip to National Parks in Arizona and Utah.
He owned his own company, Mouse Menu, for 35 years which supplies printed products to restaurants. His grandson Tyler will continue the business.
He is survived by his sons: Ryan Donovan (wife Melissa Suzanne) and Timothy Michael; grandchildren: Tyler Donovan (21), Wyatt Patrick (17), Caitland Suzanne (12), William Michael (11), Isabella Kathleen Marie (8); older brother Thomas Richard O’Hara, younger sister Kathleen Ellen O’Hara Arai.
