Chloe Ann O'Neil

She was born Chloe Ann Tehon on September 7, 1943, in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois,^[1] the daughter of Stephen W. Tehon^[2] and Betty Irene "Mae" (Albright) Tehon.^[3] In 1952, her family moved to Syracuse, New York where her father worked for General Electric. She graduated B.S. in 1967, and later M.S., both from SUNY Potsdam.^[4] Then she taught school. In 1966, she married college professor John G. A. O'Neil, and they had two children. They lived in Parishville. Her husband was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1981 to 1992.

She also entered politics as a Republican, and was an aide to her husband during his Assembly tenure.^[5] Her husband died on December 10, 1992, in a car accident, and O'Neil was nominated by the Republicans to run in the special election to fill the vacancy. She was elected on February 16, 1993,^[6] and remained in the Assembly (112th D.) until 1998, sitting in the 190th, 191st and 192nd New York State Legislatures.

Chloe was killed in a two-car collision on November 15, 2018, in Dickinson, New York.^[7]