Grace Comiskey

Grace Elizabeth Reidy Comiskey (October 1889[1] – December 10, 1956) was an American businesswoman who was the owner of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1939 through 1956. Comiskey was the daughter-in-law of Charles Comiskey and inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her husband, J. Louis Comiskey. Control of the White Sox passed to Comiskey's eldest daughter, Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, upon her death.

She died of a heart attack in 1956.[2]

References
  1. 1900 United States Federal Census
  2. Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tuesday, December 11, 1956, Tokyo, Japan, Japan
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