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Winifred loved her Indian dress she wore in eighth grade (circa 1937 or 1938.).
He father used to say: "When you walk up the steps,
talk to your feet, and it will be light and easy."
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Winifred Ann Giebel married James Daniel O'Reilly on September 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Her original dress was made of silk from Japan, that James sent to the states while he was in the service. It never arrived.
Her bouquet was made of Lily of the Valley, her favorite flower.
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As newlyweds, Winifred and James lived with her parents, Otto and Margaret. They had a son, Willem, the following September,
and a daughter Cecilie, the next September. The following Spring, her mother suffered a final heart attack and died on March
21st at the age of 62. Win and James had their third child, Christopher, in December, 1950.
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Winifred's father lived long enough to celebrate the birth of Gloria, Richard, Dorothy, Elizabeth, and Kathryn. The family
moved 50 miles northeast of Chicago to a summer resort town called Crystal Lake. It was on the train route and Jim could commute
to the city for work.
On November 22, 1957, while Winifred was expecting her ninth child (Joan), Otto Giebel passed away from leukemia as a
result of having prostate cancer. He was seventy-one.
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| Joan Therese (Jamie) |
Joan (Jamie) was born the following spring, followed by Edward (Ned), Henriette (Henri), Eugene (Beano), and twin girls, Bridget
and Bernadette, born on James' half sister Dorothy's (Dottie) 64th birthday in the spring of 1964.
Winifred O'Reilly
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