Marriage and Children
She married James O'Rourke Killilea. They had five children: Marie, Katherine Anne (who died in infancy), Karen Ann, James O'Rourke Jr. ("Rory"), and Kristin Rose. They also informally adopted Gloria Kyle, although this adoption was never finalized legally.
The family lived first in Rye, New York; later they moved to Larchmont, where they bought a house they christened "Sursum Corda" with the proceeds from Marie's first best-selling book.
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