“She had dark Irish looks, with a fine complexion, and a small, lithe, trim figure, which she never lost. From the time she married to the end of her life (at the age of ninety-eight), her weight seldom varied much from 115 pounds. She was fine-boned and finely proportioned, standing only about 5 feet 3 inches but seeming taller because of the dignity of her bearing.”

ROSE’S DESCRIPTION OF HER MOTHER, MARY JOSEPHINE HANNON FITZGERALD