

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.
