I've seen several small notices of Sybil in the Chicago Tribune after the 1930s, I'll try and locate some of them. Anyway, I found the email from her niece, "Marty" Heatherman. This is the only email I received from her. I responded twice but never heard back from her. I'll quote some parts of it: Saturday, October 6, 2007 Hi Ryan--Your letter was very nice about my aunt Sybil--My dad was 16 years younger than Sybil but they were very close. I did get to know her somewhat...Her first marriage was annulled after about a month - she was living in New York City-her second marriage was to Willard Osborn, I'm not sure where he was from originally but I think he conducted an orchestra at one of the theatres in Springfield, OH. By the way when her first marriage was dissolved , [sic] there was a big scandal and it was written up in the Springfield newspapers--Dad had the clipping but I haven't seen it in years. Her 3rd husband was the one I knew-his name was Joseph Chapek and they lived in Barrington[,] Illinois. He was very musical--violinist and violin collector, as well as many antiques...Many of his valuables were sold in a special auction at Sotheby's in New York. Uncle Joe gave private violin lessons and aunt Sybil gave private piano lessons--they had 2 grand pianos in their living room. Sshe [s ic] loved French and took private lessons and she and my dad would speak French together. They both loved gardening and Aunt Sybil would bring my Dad plants when she came for her annual visits in the 1950"s [sic] and 1960"s [sic]... ...She had a lot of friends in Barrington--she was a lady who lunched, played golf, loved her dogs...She was instrumental in helping Anita O'Day (she is a jazz singer) learn stage presence. I didn't want you to think I forgot your letter, but I did misplace it for a few days...she was really nice to me...When I was little and I knew she was coming for a visit. I [sic] would wait outside for her to arrive at our house. We visited with them in Barrington many times in the 1950's and 1960's... I don't have a lot of stuff about her--just a lot of memories and a few pictures. Let me know if I can be of help, and thank you for your intereest [sic] in my family!!! Marty Heatherman _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
