On referral, she went to Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia for treatment by Dr. In 1969, Marie was told by her doctors that she had a recurrence of lung cancer and had only three months to live. Vincent Academy in Riverdale, New York and the Katharine Gibbs Business School. These awards are presented annually by The Christophers, a Christian organization founded in 1945 by the Maryknoll priest James Keller, to honor "books, movies and television specials that affirm the highest values of the human spirit".
Killilea expressed her religious convictions in her writings. Marie and James Killilea were devout Roman Catholics and raised their children accordingly.
In the books, Killilea notes that in Larchmont, their nextdoor neighbors were Jean Kerr and Walter Kerr. The family lived first in Rye, New York later they moved to Larchmont, where they bought a house they christened " Sursum Corda" with the proceeds from Marie's first best-selling book. They also informally adopted Gloria Kyle, although this adoption was never finalized legally. They had five children (from 18 pregnancies): Marie Lyons, Katherine Anne (who died in infancy), Karen Ann, James O'Rourke ("Rory"), and Kristin Rose. She married James Hines Killilea on July 25, 1933. Her father, a sportswriter for the New York Sun who later became co-owner of a Wall Street brokerage firm, died when she was ten years old. She had a younger sister, Kathryn "Kay" Marie Powers.
Powers, an American citizen born in Canada. The National United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Her work culminated in the formation of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester County. Marie Joan Lyons Killilea (J– October 23, 1991) is the mother of Karen Killilea and an American author, activist, and lobbyist for the rights of people with cerebral palsy.
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