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Bridget SHANNON (1877, Ireland - 1961, Illinois)
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|------Bridget HYNES (1847, Ireland - 1901-2)
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Delia Forrest and her husband, and the night he died in particular, were remembered by a former neighbor of theirs in Chicago:
I have very fond memories of Mrs. Forest. She lived in a big flat
building next to our house at 8053 S. Loomis Blvd. in Chicago. Her
husband, Dave, was sort of a quiet person - we never knew him too
much. He worked as a Motorman on Chicago Rapid Transit. Mrs. Forest
was very particular about everything and when Dave came home for
working all day on the "el" in his blue wool or serge uniform (no air
conditioning in those days) she made him change into a starched white
shirt and tie if they had "company" coming over. And we were over a
lot as her small but very nicely decorated apt. was a gathering place
in the evening for the neighbor ladies, my dear mom, Margaret Dolan,
included.
Mrs. Forest was a wonderful lady although a little on the
perfectionist side - she often lent my mom money when she needed it
between paychecks and was always there when mom needed a shoulder to
cry on - like her aunt or a stepmom as all of mom's female relatives
were back in Ireland. I recall very vividly - like it was yesterday -
the night Mr. Forest died. I think he had some kind of throat thing,
as I recall - and it was getting worse and worse - it had been a very
hot summer and they used to take the Racine bus all the way downtown
for some kind of treatments but they weren't helping. That would be
like an hour long bus ride - imagine how miserable it must have been
for them to ride those hot old things (this was about 1953 or so) like
July or August, and Delia would have him in that navy blue suit,
starched shirt and tie!! I think it was Thursday night - incredibly
hot - and I remember that their bedroom light was on - but I remember
thinking that it was too early to go to bed. Mrs. Forest called my
mom and she and dad dashed up there. The Considine's were already
there. Everyone but Delia knew that he was dying but she just couldn'
t deal with it - as she was trying to get him to drink some tea, etc.
They tried to break the news to her but she was just too upset and
frantic trying to get him to take various ministrations thinking they
would help him (he was in a coma at this point) and then he just died.
I think she nearly fainted from the shock and grief. I will never
forget that night. She continued to live up there alone but it wasn't
very long before she came down with some sort of cancer (in the
stomach area I believe - just as my dear mom got many years later -
maybe it was all that Lipton tea!!) and died. Mom and all of us
missed her very much as she was like a member of our family and we
would always have them over for dinner for all the holidays when they
weren't going to relatives.
David registered for the WW I draft on Sept. 12, 1918 in Chicago.
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