One of the famous 10 O'Neil sisters of South Boston who were immortalized in Life magazine for dressing in identical Easter dresses each year.
From 1941 to 1958 each of the sisters were outfitted from head to toe for Boston's Easter parade down Commonwealth Avenue.
Barbara and her sisters became national celebrities when a picture of them decked out in the dresses, made by their mother, Julia, for Easter appeared on the cover of Life magazine,and were featured on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and at fashion shows in New York and Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Daniel and Julia O'Neil.
Barbara is survived by three daughters, Barbara Leith of Quincy, Christa Hahn of Braintree, and Lisa Tummino of Rowley; two sons, Stephen of South Boston and Kevin of Quincy; nine sisters, Ginny of Jamaica Plain, Jane Deery of Quincy, Diane Nessar of Hyde Park, Maureen Cloonan of Bourne, Evelyn Kiley of Quincy, Mary June Hanrahan of Wisconsin, Julie of Cambridge, Danielle McGreal of Marshfield and Fran Cummings of Maine; a brother, Daniel of Florida
From 1941 to 1958 each of the sisters were outfitted from head to toe for Boston's Easter parade down Commonwealth Avenue.
Barbara and her sisters became national celebrities when a picture of them decked out in the dresses, made by their mother, Julia, for Easter appeared on the cover of Life magazine,and were featured on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and at fashion shows in New York and Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Daniel and Julia O'Neil.
Barbara is survived by three daughters, Barbara Leith of Quincy, Christa Hahn of Braintree, and Lisa Tummino of Rowley; two sons, Stephen of South Boston and Kevin of Quincy; nine sisters, Ginny of Jamaica Plain, Jane Deery of Quincy, Diane Nessar of Hyde Park, Maureen Cloonan of Bourne, Evelyn Kiley of Quincy, Mary June Hanrahan of Wisconsin, Julie of Cambridge, Danielle McGreal of Marshfield and Fran Cummings of Maine; a brother, Daniel of Florida
One of the famous 10 O'Neil sisters of South Boston who were immortalized in Life magazine for dressing in identical Easter dresses each year.
From 1941 to 1958 each of the sisters were outfitted from head to toe for Boston's Easter parade down Commonwealth Avenue.
Barbara and her sisters became national celebrities when a picture of them decked out in the dresses, made by their mother, Julia, for Easter appeared on the cover of Life magazine,and were featured on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and at fashion shows in New York and Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Daniel and Julia O'Neil.
Barbara is survived by three daughters, Barbara Leith of Quincy, Christa Hahn of Braintree, and Lisa Tummino of Rowley; two sons, Stephen of South Boston and Kevin of Quincy; nine sisters, Ginny of Jamaica Plain, Jane Deery of Quincy, Diane Nessar of Hyde Park, Maureen Cloonan of Bourne, Evelyn Kiley of Quincy, Mary June Hanrahan of Wisconsin, Julie of Cambridge, Danielle McGreal of Marshfield and Fran Cummings of Maine; a brother, Daniel of Florida
From 1941 to 1958 each of the sisters were outfitted from head to toe for Boston's Easter parade down Commonwealth Avenue.
Barbara and her sisters became national celebrities when a picture of them decked out in the dresses, made by their mother, Julia, for Easter appeared on the cover of Life magazine,and were featured on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and at fashion shows in New York and Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Daniel and Julia O'Neil.
Barbara is survived by three daughters, Barbara Leith of Quincy, Christa Hahn of Braintree, and Lisa Tummino of Rowley; two sons, Stephen of South Boston and Kevin of Quincy; nine sisters, Ginny of Jamaica Plain, Jane Deery of Quincy, Diane Nessar of Hyde Park, Maureen Cloonan of Bourne, Evelyn Kiley of Quincy, Mary June Hanrahan of Wisconsin, Julie of Cambridge, Danielle McGreal of Marshfield and Fran Cummings of Maine; a brother, Daniel of Florida
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