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Group photo taken Jan. 13, 1979 at Doug & Janeen's wedding, which took place during the great Chicago Blizzard of 1979.  Click to Enlarge.

James E. Ryan family photo (L to R):  Robert, holding Christopher), Laura, Randy, Sharon, Jim, Lynn, Craig, Paul, Marlys, Janeen, Katie, Doug.  Click to Enlarge.
BACK (L to R):   Bjarne Jacobsen, Lou Tarabetz (Marlys' dad), Mary Rita, Russell Miller 
FRONT (L to R): Jim & Marlys Ryan, Bruce Jacobsen, Marjorie (Tarabetz) Miller    Click to Enlarge
Craig & lynn Ryan wedding photo (seated L to R):  Mary Rita (Ryan) Jacobsen, Marjorie Miller, Marlys (Tarabetz) Ryan, Bjarne Jacobsen  
FRONT:  Mae Reimer.

 

 

L to R:  Steve, Uncle Jim holding Craig, Bruce, Pat, Mary Rita, Marlys (Not sure who the lady next to Aunt Marlys is or the little girls). 

Craig was born Sept. 1952, so guessing the photo was taken in 1953?

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Craig Ryan, 1953, "Santa's Little Helper"
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 The Blizzard of 1979
"The Blizzard of 1979 started on Friday night January 12 and lasted until 2 a.m. Sunday January 14. On top of 7-10 inches left over from a New Year's Eve storm, 20.3 inches of new snow fell--setting a record for total snow on the ground."  http://www.chicago-l.org/mishaps/blizzard79.html
 
The last line:  "Popular wisdom attributes the February 27 electoral defeat of Mayor Bilandic to the difficulties the city had in dealing with the storm." 
 
We have a distant family connection to Bilandic:
Francis Hugh Murrin (son of Patrick Murrin, II & Anne Hill) married Grahm Morgan.  Grahm's daughter, Heather Morgan (from Grahm's first marriage), married Michael Bilandic, former Mayor of Chicago.