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Three generations of parade queens celebrated in OP

Patrick O’Malley and Kari McClowry (in green) are pictured with members of the court who attended an event Feb. 9 at Palos Country Club in Orland Park to honor McClowry being the third in her family crowned queen of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Photo submitted
Kari McClowry is the 2020 Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen. Photo submitted
Kathleen O’Malley-McClowry was a former Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen. Photo submitted
Sheila McClowry also served as a Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade queen. Photo submitted
Amanda Del Buono, Freelance Reporter
1:01 pm CST February 26, 2020
As a child, Kari McClowry dreamed to one day be crowned the queen of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade like her aunt and her grandmother before her. Her father, Brian, often encouraged Kari and her five sisters to follow in his mother’s footsteps, as his sister had done.

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