5 days ago · Virginia McCaskey Had 11 Children, and Some Work for the Bears. Virginia is survived by nine of her 11 kids. By Jennifer Farrington. Published Feb. 6 2025, 4:40 p.m. ET. Source: YouTube/ABC 7 Chicago. Longtime Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey passed away on Feb. 6, 2025, at the age of 102, the team confirmed in an X (formerly Twitter) post.

5 days ago · McCaskey had 11 children with her husband, Edward 'Ed' McCaskey, in their over six-decade marriage. Most of her children have been associated with the team. Virginia and Ed tied the knot in February 1943 and were together till …

5 days ago · McCaskey was born in Chicago in 1923 to Halas and his wife, Min, and was the couple's oldest child and only daughter. She went to Drexel University, where she met her future husband, Edward McCaskey.

5 days ago · Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died. ... McCaskey had 11 children ...

She married Ed McCaskey in 1943, [3] they had 11 children and 21 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren. McCaskey was a Roman Catholic and considered "faith, family, and football" indivisible in her life.

5 days ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey died on Thursday at 102, ending an enduring link to the earliest days of the league. ... McCaskey, who had 11 children, kept a low profile and rarely spoke publicly ...

5 days ago · McCaskey had 11 children, eight sons and three daughters. She is survived by her sons Patrick (Gretchen), Edward Jr. (Kathy), George (Barbara), Richard, Brian (Barbara) and Joseph, and daughters Ellen (Barney) Tonquest, Mary and Anne (Mike) Catron.

5 days ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey in 2019. She had a front-row seat to the N.F.L.’s history. ... Mrs. McCaskey, her husband and her 11 children, however, turned the Bears into a considerable dynasty. When ...

4 days ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey, the only daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer George Halas and the Bears’ principal owner since 1983, passed away February 6 at the age of 102. ... The McCaskeys' oldest child, Michael, served as Bears president from 1982-99 and chairman from 1999 until his retirement in 2011. Michael passed away May 16, 2020, at ...

Jan 5, 2024 · Michael McCaskey, the oldest of Virginia and Ed McCaskey's 11 children, took over as president of the team that same year his grandfather died.