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Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 Name: Marion Rita Conarchy Birth Date: 25 Jan 1920 Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Female Father Name: Kyran Patrick Conarchy Father's Age: 29 Mother Name: June Marie Lavery Mother's Age: 27 FHL Film Number: 1309358 Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 Name: Marion Conarchy Birth Date: 25 Jan 1920 Birth Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 6002360 Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Births) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan. When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem. Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins. I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later. Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom. We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoyed only four years of retirement during which we lost Mary Kay and Tom. Warren really missed Tom as they became very close. Both enjoyed the internet and computers. Marian served as a Den Mother and Craft Chair for St Joseph's Cub Pack in Wakefield, MA for a number of years. She also was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Finneytown, OH and the Recruiting Chairman. She was recipient of the St. Ann's Medal, awarded to the outstanding Catholic Girl Scout Leader. Marian worked for Allis Chalmers for four years as a secretary. ----------------- Christ Hospital Serving Fall 1979 Thirty-three years of living with cystic fibrosis have made the Warren family experts on the subject. Four of their 10 children were born with the hereditary disease. Advancements in antibiotics and respiratory therapy have increased life expectancy for CF patients dramatically. Thirty-three years ago, the Warren's first-born lived nine months. Their third child, born 31 years ago, lived nine and a half years. In this story, you'll meet Mary Kay, 23, and Tom, who just turned 16. They are eighth and tenth in birth order. Didn't the Warrens hesitate to have more children after losing two to CF? "No," says Mrs. Warren. "They were such a joy, such delightful, happy children that even though we never get over missing them we look back and know they had wonderful lives. Mary Kay and Tom have done well in spite of it, and we have been able to raise a fairly normal family. There are a lot of things worse than CF." What is cystic fibrosis? "Abnormally thick bronchial secretions fill the lungs of CF patients, causing breathing difficulties, lung infections and eventual deterioration of the lungs," says Martin Brueggemann, M.D. Dr. Brueggemann and Anthony Salem, M.D., are co-chiefs of the Christ Hospital's section of pulmonary diseases. CF also is characterized by excessive loss of salt through sweat glands and digestive problems caused by lack of pancreatic enzymes. "Patients don't digest food well - particularly fats - and nutrition is a big problem." High caloric, high salt and low fat diets are prescribed. "Usually CF kids have big appetites but don't gain weight. Tom has a poor appetite," says his mother. He stands half an inch shy of five feet and weighs 57.5 pounds. The disease is passed through recessive genes, which means both parents must be carriers. Neither of the Warrens is aware of the disease in their family history, and there were no unexplained infant deaths that could be attributed to CF. Nevertheless, they both carry the recessive gene. Statistically, one-fourth of their children would have the disease, one-half would be carriers and one-fourth would not be affected. None of their seven grandchildren have CF. Mrs. Warren can recount the evolution of diagnostic procedures. The test used more than 30 years ago measured undigested fibers in the stool. Danny, their second CF baby, tested negative until he was two years old. "We were sure he had it, so the doctors treated him anyway," she remembers. Secretions were taken from the duodenal area, in diagnostic tests used on several of their younger children. "I knew Mary Kay and Tom had it about two days after they were born," says Mrs. Warren. Her knowledge was confirmed two weeks later by a simple test that measured the salt content of their sweat. What does living with CF mean to Mary Kay and Tom? Tom wins the pills-per-day race, 58-55. They each take a dozen enzyme pills before every meal to aid digestion. Daily doses of antibiotics and salt tablets are included in the total. "Our monthly drug bills run about $100 apiece when they're well and range as high as $600 when they have infections." Dr. Brueggemann believes they are the only CF patients in Cincinnati taking periodic courses of antibiotic therapy using a heparin lock as outpatients. "A fine needle with plastic tubing on the end is inserted into a vein and taped to the arm. Mary Kay and Tom inject the antibiotic into their veins through the tubing over a five-minute period every eight hours for 10 days," says Brueggemann. "It's a method first used in Cleveland, and it gives a high blood level of antibiotic and avoids prolonged hospitalizations." Respiratory therapy once or twice a day helps Tom and Mary Kay clear their lungs of secretions. They inhale a mist that contains a medication to dilate their bronchial tubes. Their mother completes the treatment with postural drainage and percussion (clapping the chest). If an infection develops, respiratory therapy is increased to four times a day. When Mrs. Warren started giving respiratory therapy 33 years ago, a hand-squeezed nebulizer was all that was available to produce a mist. "My husband, who is an engineer, connected it to a tire pump. Before many years, a compressor was developed for use at home." "I hate hospitals with a passion," says Mary Kay, who has had six hospital stays in the last two years. Tom, who has been hospitalized four times enjoys bantering with his nurses and therapists. Dr. Brueggemann says, "Until two years ago, neither one had been hospitalized." He believes Tom and Mary Kay have done so well because they received good pediatric care and good care by their family. When they've had a fever more than a week or are coughing blood, he admits them for what they call a lung "tune up." Intravenous antibiotics and intensified respiratory therapy generally last a week or 10 days. "Their lung function is around 30-40 percent of normal, and the amount of oxygen in their blood is marginal-about two-thirds of what it should be," says Dr. Brueggemann. "Despite the extent of their disease, Tom and Mary Kay have adapted very well." Their mother agrees. "They compensate for their physical handicap with other things. Tom has done very well getting into St. Xavier High School and has made us very proud of him. Mary Kay is going to business college. Both were active in Scouts when they were younger." Adults with CF have had problems finding jobs because of their persistent coughing. Brueggemann says, "The difference between cystic fibrosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases is that they produce mucous all the time. With other diseases, patients cough when they're sick, but with CF it's when their cough subsides that they are in trouble." They limit their activities to whatever they can do without becoming too tired. Mary Kay gardens and does needle work, Tom builds models and works on jigsaw puzzles. When air pollution levels rise, they seek haven in their air conditioned bedrooms. Their disease does not cause pain unless there's infection, but it can be "a pain in the neck." Mrs. Warren can remember when there was no future for CF kids. Billy was eight when he saw a TV spot about cystic fibrosis. She wondered what his reaction would be to the message that life expectancy was four years. "When the other kids came home," she recalls, "he lay quietly on the floor. 'Don't talk to me; I'm a ghost." Survival rates for CF patients have improved considerably. Seventy-five percent are alive at the end of 18 years; about 50 percent are alive at age 26. What do Mary Kay and Tom want for their future? "I am going to college and not quit until I get a doctor's degree in mathematics," says Tom. "My goal is to discover the next perfect number." Mary Kay wants to follow her mother's example. "I am going to have a lot of children-I want dozens." All her children would be carriers of cystic fibrosis, but none would have the disease unless their father carried the recessive gene. Tom and Mary Kay know life will be a little tougher for them, than for most. But they also know it's a life worth living. ---------------------------- Marian Rita Weithofer January 25, 1920 - February 23, 2016 WEITHOFER, Marian Rita (nee Conarchy) Beloved wife of the late F. Warren Weithofer. Dear mother of Robert (Pat), Michael (Sharon), John (Julianne), James (Sharon), Frank (Deborah) Weithofer, Bridget Conroy and the late Richard, William, Mary Kay and Thomas Weithofer. Loving grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ann Hunter, Sr. Lois Conarchy and the late Jane, Kyran, William (survived by Mary) and Jack (survived by Jane). Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Passed away February 23, 2016 at age 96. Visitation to be held at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, 45224, Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Vivian Church, 7600 Winton Rd. Finneytown, 45224, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10 AM. -------------------------------- The loss of a mother is difficult. The loss of a mother with Conarchy roots is so profound. Sending our loving thoughts and prayers. Your O’Brien Cousins -------------------------------- Eulogy written and presented by Jessica Marie Weithofer With the ending of one’s life, you naturally begin to think back, think about what made them “tick.” The three things that came to my mind about my grandmother are family, faith, and the luck of the Irish. It goes without saying, anyone who has ten children, values family. She didn’t just value family, family was her top priority. She balanced it all…her husband, sick children, healthy children, siblings….then grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will forever be amazed how she handled it all…and kept everyone straight. Grandma had the luck of the Irish with her. She was lucky to find the love of her life in my grandfather. She was lucky to be gifted with so many talents…cooking, sewing, painting, cross stitching, just to name a few. She was lucky to have a passion for and the opportunity to travel and see the world. Now, her life was not all rainbows and pots of gold…this is where her faith comes in. Despite the tragedy and heartache in her life, her faith never waivered. My grandmother has always had faith in God and the Catholic Church. I believe that is a huge part of her living to be 96. She didn’t question why, she accepted everything that came her way as part of God’s plan. But to be honest, we are the lucky ones. She touched all of us. She influenced all of us. She loved all of us. And we are all better people because of her.
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan.
When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem.
Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins.
I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later.
Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom.
We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoyed only four years of retirement during which we lost Mary Kay and Tom. Warren really missed Tom as they became very close. Both enjoyed the internet and computers.
Marian served as a Den Mother and Craft Chair for St Joseph's Cub Pack in Wakefield, MA for a number of years. She also was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Finneytown, OH and the Recruiting Chairman. She was recipient of the St. Ann's Medal, awarded to the outstanding Catholic Girl Scout Leader.
Marian worked for Allis Chalmers for four years as a secretary.
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Christ Hospital Serving Fall 1979
Thirty-three years of living with cystic fibrosis have made the Warren family experts on the subject. Four of their 10 children were born with the hereditary disease.
Advancements in antibiotics and respiratory therapy have increased life expectancy for CF patients dramatically.
Thirty-three years ago, the Warren's first-born lived nine months. Their third child, born 31 years ago, lived nine and a half years.
In this story, you'll meet Mary Kay, 23, and Tom, who just turned 16. They are eighth and tenth in birth order.
Didn't the Warrens hesitate to have more children after losing two to CF? "No," says Mrs. Warren. "They were such a joy, such delightful, happy children that even though we never get over missing them we look back and know they had wonderful lives. Mary Kay and Tom have done well in spite of it, and we have been able to raise a fairly normal family. There are a lot of things worse than CF."
What is cystic fibrosis?
"Abnormally thick bronchial secretions fill the lungs of CF patients, causing breathing difficulties, lung infections and eventual deterioration of the lungs," says Martin Brueggemann, M.D. Dr. Brueggemann and Anthony Salem, M.D., are co-chiefs of the Christ Hospital's section of pulmonary diseases.
CF also is characterized by excessive loss of salt through sweat glands and digestive problems caused by lack of pancreatic enzymes. "Patients don't digest food well - particularly fats - and nutrition is a big problem." High caloric, high salt and low fat diets are prescribed.
"Usually CF kids have big appetites but don't gain weight. Tom has a poor appetite," says his mother. He stands half an inch shy of five feet and weighs 57.5 pounds.
The disease is passed through recessive genes, which means both parents must be carriers. Neither of the Warrens is aware of the disease in their family history, and there were no unexplained infant deaths that could be attributed to CF. Nevertheless, they both carry the recessive gene.
Statistically, one-fourth of their children would have the disease, one-half would be carriers and one-fourth would not be affected. None of their seven grandchildren have CF.
Mrs. Warren can recount the evolution of diagnostic procedures. The test used more than 30 years ago measured undigested fibers in the stool. Danny, their second CF baby, tested negative until he was two years old. "We were sure he had it, so the doctors treated him anyway," she remembers.
Secretions were taken from the duodenal area, in diagnostic tests used on several of their younger children.
"I knew Mary Kay and Tom had it about two days after they were born," says Mrs. Warren. Her knowledge was confirmed two weeks later by a simple test that measured the salt content of their sweat.
What does living with CF mean to Mary Kay and Tom?
Tom wins the pills-per-day race, 58-55. They each take a dozen enzyme pills before every meal to aid digestion. Daily doses of antibiotics and salt tablets are included in the total. "Our monthly drug bills run about $100 apiece when they're well and range as high as $600 when they have infections."
Dr. Brueggemann believes they are the only CF patients in Cincinnati taking periodic courses of antibiotic therapy using a heparin lock as outpatients. "A fine needle with plastic tubing on the end is inserted into a vein and taped to the arm. Mary Kay and Tom inject the antibiotic into their veins through the tubing over a five-minute period every eight hours for 10 days," says Brueggemann. "It's a method first used in Cleveland, and it gives a high blood level of antibiotic and avoids prolonged hospitalizations."
Respiratory therapy once or twice a day helps Tom and Mary Kay clear their lungs of secretions. They inhale a mist that contains a medication to dilate their bronchial tubes. Their mother completes the treatment with postural drainage and percussion (clapping the chest).
If an infection develops, respiratory therapy is increased to four times a day.
When Mrs. Warren started giving respiratory therapy 33 years ago, a hand-squeezed nebulizer was all that was available to produce a mist. "My husband, who is an engineer, connected it to a tire pump. Before many years, a compressor was developed for use at home."
"I hate hospitals with a passion," says Mary Kay, who has had six hospital stays in the last two years. Tom, who has been hospitalized four times enjoys bantering with his nurses and therapists.
Dr. Brueggemann says, "Until two years ago, neither one had been hospitalized." He believes Tom and Mary Kay have done so well because they received good pediatric care and good care by their family.
When they've had a fever more than a week or are coughing blood, he admits them for what they call a lung "tune up." Intravenous antibiotics and intensified respiratory therapy generally last a week or 10 days.
"Their lung function is around 30-40 percent of normal, and the amount of oxygen in their blood is marginal-about two-thirds of what it should be," says Dr. Brueggemann. "Despite the extent of their disease, Tom and Mary Kay have adapted very well."
Their mother agrees. "They compensate for their physical handicap with other things. Tom has done very well getting into St. Xavier High School and has made us very proud of him. Mary Kay is going to business college. Both were active in Scouts when they were younger."
Adults with CF have had problems finding jobs because of their persistent coughing. Brueggemann says, "The difference between cystic fibrosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases is that they produce mucous all the time. With other diseases, patients cough when they're sick, but with CF it's when their cough subsides that they are in trouble."
They limit their activities to whatever they can do without becoming too tired. Mary Kay gardens and does needle work, Tom builds models and works on jigsaw puzzles. When air pollution levels rise, they seek haven in their air conditioned bedrooms.
Their disease does not cause pain unless there's infection, but it can be "a pain in the neck."
Mrs. Warren can remember when there was no future for CF kids. Billy was eight when he saw a TV spot about cystic fibrosis. She wondered what his reaction would be to the message that life expectancy was four years. "When the other kids came home," she recalls, "he lay quietly on the floor. 'Don't talk to me; I'm a ghost."
Survival rates for CF patients have improved considerably. Seventy-five percent are alive at the end of 18 years; about 50 percent are alive at age 26.
What do Mary Kay and Tom want for their future? "I am going to college and not quit until I get a doctor's degree in mathematics," says Tom. "My goal is to discover the next perfect number."
Mary Kay wants to follow her mother's example. "I am going to have a lot of children-I want dozens." All her children would be carriers of cystic fibrosis, but none would have the disease unless their father carried the recessive gene.
Tom and Mary Kay know life will be a little tougher for them, than for most. But they also know it's a life worth living.
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Marian Rita Weithofer
January 25, 1920 - February 23, 2016
WEITHOFER, Marian Rita (nee Conarchy) Beloved wife of the late F. Warren Weithofer. Dear mother of Robert (Pat), Michael (Sharon), John (Julianne), James (Sharon), Frank (Deborah) Weithofer, Bridget Conroy and the late Richard, William, Mary Kay and Thomas Weithofer. Loving grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ann Hunter, Sr. Lois Conarchy and the late Jane, Kyran, William (survived by Mary) and Jack (survived by Jane). Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Passed away February 23, 2016 at age 96. Visitation to be held at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, 45224, Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Vivian Church, 7600 Winton Rd. Finneytown, 45224, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10 AM.
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The loss of a mother is difficult. The loss of a mother with Conarchy roots is so profound. Sending our loving thoughts and prayers.
Your O’Brien Cousins
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Eulogy written and presented by Jessica Marie Weithofer
With the ending of one’s life, you naturally begin to think back, think about what made them “tick.” The three things that came to my mind about my grandmother are family, faith, and the luck of the Irish. It goes without saying, anyone who has ten children, values family. She didn’t just value family, family was her top priority. She balanced it all…her husband, sick children, healthy children, siblings….then grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will forever be amazed how she handled it all…and kept everyone straight. Grandma had the luck of the Irish with her. She was lucky to find the love of her life in my grandfather. She was lucky to be gifted with so many talents…cooking, sewing, painting, cross stitching, just to name a few. She was lucky to have a passion for and the opportunity to travel and see the world. Now, her life was not all rainbows and pots of gold…this is where her faith comes in. Despite the tragedy and heartache in her life, her faith never waivered. My grandmother has always had faith in God and the Catholic Church. I believe that is a huge part of her living to be 96. She didn’t question why, she accepted everything that came her way as part of God’s plan. But to be honest, we are the lucky ones. She touched all of us. She influenced all of us. She loved all of us. And we are all better people because of her.
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan. When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem. Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins. I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later. Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom. We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoyed only four years of retirement during which we lost Mary Kay and Tom. Warren really missed Tom as they became very close. Both enjoyed the internet and computers. Marian served as a Den Mother and Craft Chair for St Joseph's Cub Pack in Wakefield, MA for a number of years. She also was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Finneytown, OH and the Recruiting Chairman. She was recipient of the St. Ann's Medal, awarded to the outstanding Catholic Girl Scout Leader. Marian worked for Allis Chalmers for four years as a secretary. ----------------- Christ Hospital Serving Fall 1979 Thirty-three years of living with cystic fibrosis have made the Warren family experts on the subject. Four of their 10 children were born with the hereditary disease. Advancements in antibiotics and respiratory therapy have increased life expectancy for CF patients dramatically. Thirty-three years ago, the Warren's first-born lived nine months. Their third child, born 31 years ago, lived nine and a half years. In this story, you'll meet Mary Kay, 23, and Tom, who just turned 16. They are eighth and tenth in birth order. Didn't the Warrens hesitate to have more children after losing two to CF? "No," says Mrs. Warren. "They were such a joy, such delightful, happy children that even though we never get over missing them we look back and know they had wonderful lives. Mary Kay and Tom have done well in spite of it, and we have been able to raise a fairly normal family. There are a lot of things worse than CF." What is cystic fibrosis? "Abnormally thick bronchial secretions fill the lungs of CF patients, causing breathing difficulties, lung infections and eventual deterioration of the lungs," says Martin Brueggemann, M.D. Dr. Brueggemann and Anthony Salem, M.D., are co-chiefs of the Christ Hospital's section of pulmonary diseases. CF also is characterized by excessive loss of salt through sweat glands and digestive problems caused by lack of pancreatic enzymes. "Patients don't digest food well - particularly fats - and nutrition is a big problem." High caloric, high salt and low fat diets are prescribed. "Usually CF kids have big appetites but don't gain weight. Tom has a poor appetite," says his mother. He stands half an inch shy of five feet and weighs 57.5 pounds. The disease is passed through recessive genes, which means both parents must be carriers. Neither of the Warrens is aware of the disease in their family history, and there were no unexplained infant deaths that could be attributed to CF. Nevertheless, they both carry the recessive gene. Statistically, one-fourth of their children would have the disease, one-half would be carriers and one-fourth would not be affected. None of their seven grandchildren have CF. Mrs. Warren can recount the evolution of diagnostic procedures. The test used more than 30 years ago measured undigested fibers in the stool. Danny, their second CF baby, tested negative until he was two years old. "We were sure he had it, so the doctors treated him anyway," she remembers. Secretions were taken from the duodenal area, in diagnostic tests used on several of their younger children. "I knew Mary Kay and Tom had it about two days after they were born," says Mrs. Warren. Her knowledge was confirmed two weeks later by a simple test that measured the salt content of their sweat. What does living with CF mean to Mary Kay and Tom? Tom wins the pills-per-day race, 58-55. They each take a dozen enzyme pills before every meal to aid digestion. Daily doses of antibiotics and salt tablets are included in the total. "Our monthly drug bills run about $100 apiece when they're well and range as high as $600 when they have infections." Dr. Brueggemann believes they are the only CF patients in Cincinnati taking periodic courses of antibiotic therapy using a heparin lock as outpatients. "A fine needle with plastic tubing on the end is inserted into a vein and taped to the arm. Mary Kay and Tom inject the antibiotic into their veins through the tubing over a five-minute period every eight hours for 10 days," says Brueggemann. "It's a method first used in Cleveland, and it gives a high blood level of antibiotic and avoids prolonged hospitalizations." Respiratory therapy once or twice a day helps Tom and Mary Kay clear their lungs of secretions. They inhale a mist that contains a medication to dilate their bronchial tubes. Their mother completes the treatment with postural drainage and percussion (clapping the chest). If an infection develops, respiratory therapy is increased to four times a day. When Mrs. Warren started giving respiratory therapy 33 years ago, a hand-squeezed nebulizer was all that was available to produce a mist. "My husband, who is an engineer, connected it to a tire pump. Before many years, a compressor was developed for use at home." "I hate hospitals with a passion," says Mary Kay, who has had six hospital stays in the last two years. Tom, who has been hospitalized four times enjoys bantering with his nurses and therapists. Dr. Brueggemann says, "Until two years ago, neither one had been hospitalized." He believes Tom and Mary Kay have done so well because they received good pediatric care and good care by their family. When they've had a fever more than a week or are coughing blood, he admits them for what they call a lung "tune up." Intravenous antibiotics and intensified respiratory therapy generally last a week or 10 days. "Their lung function is around 30-40 percent of normal, and the amount of oxygen in their blood is marginal-about two-thirds of what it should be," says Dr. Brueggemann. "Despite the extent of their disease, Tom and Mary Kay have adapted very well." Their mother agrees. "They compensate for their physical handicap with other things. Tom has done very well getting into St. Xavier High School and has made us very proud of him. Mary Kay is going to business college. Both were active in Scouts when they were younger." Adults with CF have had problems finding jobs because of their persistent coughing. Brueggemann says, "The difference between cystic fibrosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases is that they produce mucous all the time. With other diseases, patients cough when they're sick, but with CF it's when their cough subsides that they are in trouble." They limit their activities to whatever they can do without becoming too tired. Mary Kay gardens and does needle work, Tom builds models and works on jigsaw puzzles. When air pollution levels rise, they seek haven in their air conditioned bedrooms. Their disease does not cause pain unless there's infection, but it can be "a pain in the neck." Mrs. Warren can remember when there was no future for CF kids. Billy was eight when he saw a TV spot about cystic fibrosis. She wondered what his reaction would be to the message that life expectancy was four years. "When the other kids came home," she recalls, "he lay quietly on the floor. 'Don't talk to me; I'm a ghost." Survival rates for CF patients have improved considerably. Seventy-five percent are alive at the end of 18 years; about 50 percent are alive at age 26. What do Mary Kay and Tom want for their future? "I am going to college and not quit until I get a doctor's degree in mathematics," says Tom. "My goal is to discover the next perfect number." Mary Kay wants to follow her mother's example. "I am going to have a lot of children-I want dozens." All her children would be carriers of cystic fibrosis, but none would have the disease unless their father carried the recessive gene. Tom and Mary Kay know life will be a little tougher for them, than for most. But they also know it's a life worth living. ---------------------------- Marian Rita Weithofer January 25, 1920 - February 23, 2016 WEITHOFER, Marian Rita (nee Conarchy) Beloved wife of the late F. Warren Weithofer. Dear mother of Robert (Pat), Michael (Sharon), John (Julianne), James (Sharon), Frank (Deborah) Weithofer, Bridget Conroy and the late Richard, William, Mary Kay and Thomas Weithofer. Loving grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ann Hunter, Sr. Lois Conarchy and the late Jane, Kyran, William (survived by Mary) and Jack (survived by Jane). Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Passed away February 23, 2016 at age 96. Visitation to be held at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, 45224, Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Vivian Church, 7600 Winton Rd. Finneytown, 45224, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10 AM. -------------------------------- The loss of a mother is difficult. The loss of a mother with Conarchy roots is so profound. Sending our loving thoughts and prayers. Your O´Brien Cousins -------------------------------- Eulogy written and presented by Jessica Marie Weithofer With the ending of one´s life, you naturally begin to think back, think about what made them ``tick.´´ The three things that came to my mind about my grandmother are family, faith, and the luck of the Irish. It goes without saying, anyone who has ten children, values family. She didn´t just value family, family was her top priority. She balanced it all…her husband, sick children, healthy children, siblings….then grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will forever be amazed how she handled it all…and kept everyone straight. Grandma had the luck of the Irish with her. She was lucky to find the love of her life in my grandfather. She was lucky to be gifted with so many talents…cooking, sewing, painting, cross stitching, just to name a few. She was lucky to have a passion for and the opportunity to travel and see the world. Now, her life was not all rainbows and pots of gold…this is where her faith comes in. Despite the tragedy and heartache in her life, her faith never waivered. My grandmother has always had faith in God and the Catholic Church. I believe that is a huge part of her living to be 96. She didn´t question why, she accepted everything that came her way as part of God´s plan. But to be honest, we are the lucky ones. She touched all of us. She influenced all of us. She loved all of us. And we are all better people because of her.
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan.
When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem.
Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins.
I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later.
Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom.
We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoyed only four years of retirement during which we lost Mary Kay and Tom. Warren really missed Tom as they became very close. Both enjoyed the internet and computers.
Marian served as a Den Mother and Craft Chair for St Joseph's Cub Pack in Wakefield, MA for a number of years. She also was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Finneytown, OH and the Recruiting Chairman. She was recipient of the St. Ann's Medal, awarded to the outstanding Catholic Girl Scout Leader.
Marian worked for Allis Chalmers for four years as a secretary.
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Christ Hospital Serving Fall 1979
Thirty-three years of living with cystic fibrosis have made the Warren family experts on the subject. Four of their 10 children were born with the hereditary disease.
Advancements in antibiotics and respiratory therapy have increased life expectancy for CF patients dramatically.
Thirty-three years ago, the Warren's first-born lived nine months. Their third child, born 31 years ago, lived nine and a half years.
In this story, you'll meet Mary Kay, 23, and Tom, who just turned 16. They are eighth and tenth in birth order.
Didn't the Warrens hesitate to have more children after losing two to CF? "No," says Mrs. Warren. "They were such a joy, such delightful, happy children that even though we never get over missing them we look back and know they had wonderful lives. Mary Kay and Tom have done well in spite of it, and we have been able to raise a fairly normal family. There are a lot of things worse than CF."
What is cystic fibrosis?
"Abnormally thick bronchial secretions fill the lungs of CF patients, causing breathing difficulties, lung infections and eventual deterioration of the lungs," says Martin Brueggemann, M.D. Dr. Brueggemann and Anthony Salem, M.D., are co-chiefs of the Christ Hospital's section of pulmonary diseases.
CF also is characterized by excessive loss of salt through sweat glands and digestive problems caused by lack of pancreatic enzymes. "Patients don't digest food well - particularly fats - and nutrition is a big problem." High caloric, high salt and low fat diets are prescribed.
"Usually CF kids have big appetites but don't gain weight. Tom has a poor appetite," says his mother. He stands half an inch shy of five feet and weighs 57.5 pounds.
The disease is passed through recessive genes, which means both parents must be carriers. Neither of the Warrens is aware of the disease in their family history, and there were no unexplained infant deaths that could be attributed to CF. Nevertheless, they both carry the recessive gene.
Statistically, one-fourth of their children would have the disease, one-half would be carriers and one-fourth would not be affected. None of their seven grandchildren have CF.
Mrs. Warren can recount the evolution of diagnostic procedures. The test used more than 30 years ago measured undigested fibers in the stool. Danny, their second CF baby, tested negative until he was two years old. "We were sure he had it, so the doctors treated him anyway," she remembers.
Secretions were taken from the duodenal area, in diagnostic tests used on several of their younger children.
"I knew Mary Kay and Tom had it about two days after they were born," says Mrs. Warren. Her knowledge was confirmed two weeks later by a simple test that measured the salt content of their sweat.
What does living with CF mean to Mary Kay and Tom?
Tom wins the pills-per-day race, 58-55. They each take a dozen enzyme pills before every meal to aid digestion. Daily doses of antibiotics and salt tablets are included in the total. "Our monthly drug bills run about $100 apiece when they're well and range as high as $600 when they have infections."
Dr. Brueggemann believes they are the only CF patients in Cincinnati taking periodic courses of antibiotic therapy using a heparin lock as outpatients. "A fine needle with plastic tubing on the end is inserted into a vein and taped to the arm. Mary Kay and Tom inject the antibiotic into their veins through the tubing over a five-minute period every eight hours for 10 days," says Brueggemann. "It's a method first used in Cleveland, and it gives a high blood level of antibiotic and avoids prolonged hospitalizations."
Respiratory therapy once or twice a day helps Tom and Mary Kay clear their lungs of secretions. They inhale a mist that contains a medication to dilate their bronchial tubes. Their mother completes the treatment with postural drainage and percussion (clapping the chest).
If an infection develops, respiratory therapy is increased to four times a day.
When Mrs. Warren started giving respiratory therapy 33 years ago, a hand-squeezed nebulizer was all that was available to produce a mist. "My husband, who is an engineer, connected it to a tire pump. Before many years, a compressor was developed for use at home."
"I hate hospitals with a passion," says Mary Kay, who has had six hospital stays in the last two years. Tom, who has been hospitalized four times enjoys bantering with his nurses and therapists.
Dr. Brueggemann says, "Until two years ago, neither one had been hospitalized." He believes Tom and Mary Kay have done so well because they received good pediatric care and good care by their family.
When they've had a fever more than a week or are coughing blood, he admits them for what they call a lung "tune up." Intravenous antibiotics and intensified respiratory therapy generally last a week or 10 days.
"Their lung function is around 30-40 percent of normal, and the amount of oxygen in their blood is marginal-about two-thirds of what it should be," says Dr. Brueggemann. "Despite the extent of their disease, Tom and Mary Kay have adapted very well."
Their mother agrees. "They compensate for their physical handicap with other things. Tom has done very well getting into St. Xavier High School and has made us very proud of him. Mary Kay is going to business college. Both were active in Scouts when they were younger."
Adults with CF have had problems finding jobs because of their persistent coughing. Brueggemann says, "The difference between cystic fibrosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases is that they produce mucous all the time. With other diseases, patients cough when they're sick, but with CF it's when their cough subsides that they are in trouble."
They limit their activities to whatever they can do without becoming too tired. Mary Kay gardens and does needle work, Tom builds models and works on jigsaw puzzles. When air pollution levels rise, they seek haven in their air conditioned bedrooms.
Their disease does not cause pain unless there's infection, but it can be "a pain in the neck."
Mrs. Warren can remember when there was no future for CF kids. Billy was eight when he saw a TV spot about cystic fibrosis. She wondered what his reaction would be to the message that life expectancy was four years. "When the other kids came home," she recalls, "he lay quietly on the floor. 'Don't talk to me; I'm a ghost."
Survival rates for CF patients have improved considerably. Seventy-five percent are alive at the end of 18 years; about 50 percent are alive at age 26.
What do Mary Kay and Tom want for their future? "I am going to college and not quit until I get a doctor's degree in mathematics," says Tom. "My goal is to discover the next perfect number."
Mary Kay wants to follow her mother's example. "I am going to have a lot of children-I want dozens." All her children would be carriers of cystic fibrosis, but none would have the disease unless their father carried the recessive gene.
Tom and Mary Kay know life will be a little tougher for them, than for most. But they also know it's a life worth living.
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Marian Rita Weithofer
January 25, 1920 - February 23, 2016
WEITHOFER, Marian Rita (nee Conarchy) Beloved wife of the late F. Warren Weithofer. Dear mother of Robert (Pat), Michael (Sharon), John (Julianne), James (Sharon), Frank (Deborah) Weithofer, Bridget Conroy and the late Richard, William, Mary Kay and Thomas Weithofer. Loving grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ann Hunter, Sr. Lois Conarchy and the late Jane, Kyran, William (survived by Mary) and Jack (survived by Jane). Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Passed away February 23, 2016 at age 96. Visitation to be held at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, 45224, Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Vivian Church, 7600 Winton Rd. Finneytown, 45224, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10 AM.
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The loss of a mother is difficult. The loss of a mother with Conarchy roots is so profound. Sending our loving thoughts and prayers.
Your O´Brien Cousins
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Eulogy written and presented by Jessica Marie Weithofer
With the ending of one´s life, you naturally begin to think back, think about what made them ``tick.´´ The three things that came to my mind about my grandmother are family, faith, and the luck of the Irish. It goes without saying, anyone who has ten children, values family. She didn´t just value family, family was her top priority. She balanced it all…her husband, sick children, healthy children, siblings….then grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will forever be amazed how she handled it all…and kept everyone straight. Grandma had the luck of the Irish with her. She was lucky to find the love of her life in my grandfather. She was lucky to be gifted with so many talents…cooking, sewing, painting, cross stitching, just to name a few. She was lucky to have a passion for and the opportunity to travel and see the world. Now, her life was not all rainbows and pots of gold…this is where her faith comes in. Despite the tragedy and heartache in her life, her faith never waivered. My grandmother has always had faith in God and the Catholic Church. I believe that is a huge part of her living to be 96. She didn´t question why, she accepted everything that came her way as part of God´s plan. But to be honest, we are the lucky ones. She touched all of us. She influenced all of us. She loved all of us. And we are all better people because of her.
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan. When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem. Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins. I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later. Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom. We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoyed only four years of retirement during which we lost Mary Kay and Tom. Warren really missed Tom as they became very close. Both enjoyed the internet and computers. Marian served as a Den Mother and Craft Chair for St Joseph's Cub Pack in Wakefield, MA for a number of years. She also was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader in Finneytown, OH and the Recruiting Chairman. She was recipient of the St. Ann's Medal, awarded to the outstanding Catholic Girl Scout Leader. Marian worked for Allis Chalmers for four years as a secretary. ----------------- Christ Hospital Serving Fall 1979 Thirty-three years of living with cystic fibrosis have made the Warren family experts on the subject. Four of their 10 children were born with the hereditary disease. Advancements in antibiotics and respiratory therapy have increased life expectancy for CF patients dramatically. Thirty-three years ago, the Warren's first-born lived nine months. Their third child, born 31 years ago, lived nine and a half years. In this story, you'll meet Mary Kay, 23, and Tom, who just turned 16. They are eighth and tenth in birth order. Didn't the Warrens hesitate to have more children after losing two to CF? "No," says Mrs. Warren. "They were such a joy, such delightful, happy children that even though we never get over missing them we look back and know they had wonderful lives. Mary Kay and Tom have done well in spite of it, and we have been able to raise a fairly normal family. There are a lot of things worse than CF." What is cystic fibrosis? "Abnormally thick bronchial secretions fill the lungs of CF patients, causing breathing difficulties, lung infections and eventual deterioration of the lungs," says Martin Brueggemann, M.D. Dr. Brueggemann and Anthony Salem, M.D., are co-chiefs of the Christ Hospital's section of pulmonary diseases. CF also is characterized by excessive loss of salt through sweat glands and digestive problems caused by lack of pancreatic enzymes. "Patients don't digest food well - particularly fats - and nutrition is a big problem." High caloric, high salt and low fat diets are prescribed. "Usually CF kids have big appetites but don't gain weight. Tom has a poor appetite," says his mother. He stands half an inch shy of five feet and weighs 57.5 pounds. The disease is passed through recessive genes, which means both parents must be carriers. Neither of the Warrens is aware of the disease in their family history, and there were no unexplained infant deaths that could be attributed to CF. Nevertheless, they both carry the recessive gene. Statistically, one-fourth of their children would have the disease, one-half would be carriers and one-fourth would not be affected. None of their seven grandchildren have CF. Mrs. Warren can recount the evolution of diagnostic procedures. The test used more than 30 years ago measured undigested fibers in the stool. Danny, their second CF baby, tested negative until he was two years old. "We were sure he had it, so the doctors treated him anyway," she remembers. Secretions were taken from the duodenal area, in diagnostic tests used on several of their younger children. "I knew Mary Kay and Tom had it about two days after they were born," says Mrs. Warren. Her knowledge was confirmed two weeks later by a simple test that measured the salt content of their sweat. What does living with CF mean to Mary Kay and Tom? Tom wins the pills-per-day race, 58-55. They each take a dozen enzyme pills before every meal to aid digestion. Daily doses of antibiotics and salt tablets are included in the total. "Our monthly drug bills run about $100 apiece when they're well and range as high as $600 when they have infections." Dr. Brueggemann believes they are the only CF patients in Cincinnati taking periodic courses of antibiotic therapy using a heparin lock as outpatients. "A fine needle with plastic tubing on the end is inserted into a vein and taped to the arm. Mary Kay and Tom inject the antibiotic into their veins through the tubing over a five-minute period every eight hours for 10 days," says Brueggemann. "It's a method first used in Cleveland, and it gives a high blood level of antibiotic and avoids prolonged hospitalizations." Respiratory therapy once or twice a day helps Tom and Mary Kay clear their lungs of secretions. They inhale a mist that contains a medication to dilate their bronchial tubes. Their mother completes the treatment with postural drainage and percussion (clapping the chest). If an infection develops, respiratory therapy is increased to four times a day. When Mrs. Warren started giving respiratory therapy 33 years ago, a hand-squeezed nebulizer was all that was available to produce a mist. "My husband, who is an engineer, connected it to a tire pump. Before many years, a compressor was developed for use at home." "I hate hospitals with a passion," says Mary Kay, who has had six hospital stays in the last two years. Tom, who has been hospitalized four times enjoys bantering with his nurses and therapists. Dr. Brueggemann says, "Until two years ago, neither one had been hospitalized." He believes Tom and Mary Kay have done so well because they received good pediatric care and good care by their family. When they've had a fever more than a week or are coughing blood, he admits them for what they call a lung "tune up." Intravenous antibiotics and intensified respiratory therapy generally last a week or 10 days. "Their lung function is around 30-40 percent of normal, and the amount of oxygen in their blood is marginal-about two-thirds of what it should be," says Dr. Brueggemann. "Despite the extent of their disease, Tom and Mary Kay have adapted very well." Their mother agrees. "They compensate for their physical handicap with other things. Tom has done very well getting into St. Xavier High School and has made us very proud of him. Mary Kay is going to business college. Both were active in Scouts when they were younger." Adults with CF have had problems finding jobs because of their persistent coughing. Brueggemann says, "The difference between cystic fibrosis and other chronic obstructive lung diseases is that they produce mucous all the time. With other diseases, patients cough when they're sick, but with CF it's when their cough subsides that they are in trouble." They limit their activities to whatever they can do without becoming too tired. Mary Kay gardens and does needle work, Tom builds models and works on jigsaw puzzles. When air pollution levels rise, they seek haven in their air conditioned bedrooms. Their disease does not cause pain unless there's infection, but it can be "a pain in the neck." Mrs. Warren can remember when there was no future for CF kids. Billy was eight when he saw a TV spot about cystic fibrosis. She wondered what his reaction would be to the message that life expectancy was four years. "When the other kids came home," she recalls, "he lay quietly on the floor. 'Don't talk to me; I'm a ghost." Survival rates for CF patients have improved considerably. Seventy-five percent are alive at the end of 18 years; about 50 percent are alive at age 26. What do Mary Kay and Tom want for their future? "I am going to college and not quit until I get a doctor's degree in mathematics," says Tom. "My goal is to discover the next perfect number." Mary Kay wants to follow her mother's example. "I am going to have a lot of children-I want dozens." All her children would be carriers of cystic fibrosis, but none would have the disease unless their father carried the recessive gene. Tom and Mary Kay know life will be a little tougher for them, than for most. But they also know it's a life worth living. ---------------------------- Marian Rita Weithofer January 25, 1920 - February 23, 2016 WEITHOFER, Marian Rita (nee Conarchy) Beloved wife of the late F. Warren Weithofer. Dear mother of Robert (Pat), Michael (Sharon), John (Julianne), James (Sharon), Frank (Deborah) Weithofer, Bridget Conroy and the late Richard, William, Mary Kay and Thomas Weithofer. Loving grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Dear sister of Ann Hunter, Sr. Lois Conarchy and the late Jane, Kyran, William (survived by Mary) and Jack (survived by Jane). Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Passed away February 23, 2016 at age 96. Visitation to be held at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Ave., College Hill, 45224, Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Vivian Church, 7600 Winton Rd. Finneytown, 45224, Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10 AM. -------------------------------- The loss of a mother is difficult. The loss of a mother with Conarchy roots is so profound. Sending our loving thoughts and prayers. Your O’Brien Cousins -------------------------------- Eulogy written and presented by Jessica Marie Weithofer With the ending of one’s life, you naturally begin to think back, think about what made them “tick.” The three things that came to my mind about my grandmother are family, faith, and the luck of the Irish. It goes without saying, anyone who has ten children, values family. She didn’t just value family, family was her top priority. She balanced it all…her husband, sick children, healthy children, siblings….then grandchildren and great grandchildren. I will forever be amazed how she handled it all…and kept everyone straight. Grandma had the luck of the Irish with her. She was lucky to find the love of her life in my grandfather. She was lucky to be gifted with so many talents…cooking, sewing, painting, cross stitching, just to name a few. She was lucky to have a passion for and the opportunity to travel and see the world. Now, her life was not all rainbows and pots of gold…this is where her faith comes in. Despite the tragedy and heartache in her life, her faith never waivered. My grandmother has always had faith in God and the Catholic Church. I believe that is a huge part of her living to be 96. She didn’t question why, she accepted everything that came her way as part of God’s plan. But to be honest, we are the lucky ones. She touched all of us. She influenced all of us. She loved all of us. And we are all better people because of her.
Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 Name: Marion Rita Conarchy Birth Date: 25 Jan 1920 Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Female Father Name: Kyran Patrick Conarchy Father's Age: 29 Mother Name: June Marie Lavery Mother's Age: 27 FHL Film Number: 1309358 Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935 Name: Marion Conarchy Birth Date: 25 Jan 1920 Birth Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 6002360 Archive Collection Name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Births) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk
Baptismal sponsors Angela Lavery and William Phelan. When she was five years old, she was hit in the head by a horseshoe pitched by her Uncle Clem. Warren and I became engaged on Christmas Eve 1944. I had been kidding Warren about my Christmas present. We ended up making a bet, one Tom Collins, for whoever won. Christmas eve Mother asked us to mail a late Christmas card at the downtown Milwaukee post office. I suspect she was in on the event. After mailing the card, Warren drove down to the lake front. We walked for a while in six inches of snow. When we stopped to look at the lake, Warren asked me to marry him and of course I said yes with all my heart. When we got back in the car, I said he owed me a Tom Collins. I just got a smile. Christmas morning when I was opening my presents, these was a small package addressed to Briny Marlin (Warren's pet name for me) in it was a lovely gold and amber bracelet. Guess who bought the Tom Collins. I like to kid my grandchildren that we had our first date on June 22nd and were married on June 23rd. Of course, I neglect to mention that it was two years later. Warren was an only child and even before we became engaged, he warned me that he would not settle for an only child. He thought twelve might be a nice number. When I was pregnant with our first child, Dicky, the doctor told me that because of a medical condition, I would probably never be able to carry a baby beyond four months. I was devastated but Warren comforted me with the fact we could always adopt children but only if we could adopt at least two. Thank God the doctor was wrong. Although after the fourth child, he claimed we were just proving the medical books wrong! With the help of God, we did our best ending up with fourteen children, 10 births (mostly a month premature) and four miscarriages (two of who were little boys). We definitely favored boys. Although, we were delighted when, after seven boys two girls, Mary Kay and Bridget, arrived followed by an eight boy, Tom. We had a happy life together. My only regret is that Warren didn't live as long as his parents. His mother was still alive when he died. We enjoye
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