Thomas O’Hollearn took home the cash prize after purchasing the ticket at a Des Moines grocery store
One Iowa man credits his $100,000 Powerball lottery win to more than just good luck — he believes it was thanks to his late father.
“My dad just passed away,” Thomas O’Hollearn told Iowa Lottery officials as he claimed his prize at lottery headquarters last week. “I thought maybe it was a blessing from him. It was a blessing from my dad.”
The Johnston man told lottery officials his father died away weeks earlier, and that according to an online obituary , Charles O’Hollearn, died on Feb. 9 at the age of 85…