Born in Ireland, the oldest of three girls.
She was pulled out of the third grade and sent to care for an aunt who was dying.
After she passed away, grandma was sent to the U.S. to care for an aging priest.
She went back to Ireland and brought her two sisters back to America.
One of her sisters died on the boat during the crossing.
She moved to Chicago where there was a large Irish community.
She met and married a fellow Irishman, timothy Dillon.
He rose to Battalion Chief in the Chicago Fire Department.
When my mother was 22 years old, he passed away.
Grandma lived alone after my mother married a professor at Notre Dame.
Grandma lived to the age of 93 and my mom lived to 91
I wanted to tell you her life story of hardship because she was a model of perseverance.
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