Rose Palmer O'Neill, heiress to two pioneer American fortunes, died Friday in Miami of cancer. She was 45. Mrs. O'Neill, called "Posy" by friends, was the daughter of Potter Palmer III of the Chicago merchant and hotel family, and Rose Movius Palmer of the Saltonstall family of Boston. She graduated from the Masters School at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Garland Junior College, Boston. She married John O'Neill, former Miami News Sunday magazine editor, in 1959. He left the News in 1965 to become a part owner of the Miami Dolphins football team and the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, interests which he later sold. Besides her husband, survivors include sons John III and Gordon, daughter Sandra, and a brother, Potter Palmer IV. A funeral mass is scheduled at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Louis Catholic Church. Burial will be in Chicago, following additional services.
Rose Palmer O'Neill, heiress to two pioneer American fortunes, died Friday in Miami of cancer. She was 45. Mrs. O'Neill, called "Posy" by friends, was the daughter of Potter Palmer III of the Chicago merchant and hotel family, and Rose Movius Palmer of the Saltonstall family of Boston. She graduated from the Masters School at Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Garland Junior College, Boston. She married John O'Neill, former Miami News Sunday magazine editor, in 1959. He left the News in 1965 to become a part owner of the Miami Dolphins football team and the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, interests which he later sold. Besides her husband, survivors include sons John III and Gordon, daughter Sandra, and a brother, Potter Palmer IV. A funeral mass is scheduled at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Louis Catholic Church. Burial will be in Chicago, following additional services.
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