Virginia McCaskey was at the center of it all. She was the true matriarch of the organization. On Thursday, the NFL world learned of her passing at the age of 102. She lived about

The Super Bowl held a moment of silence Sunday in tribute to Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died last week at age 102.

Virginia McCaskey, the daughter of Papa Bear George Halas took over the Bears and helped guide them forward towards a winning path. Although the Bears weren’t “the winning Bears” in her last year on Earth,

Once upon a time, Virginia McCaskey inherited memorabilia from a cousin, a collection that included a box of old ticket stubs. In it, she said, was a torn admittance to the NFL’s 1932 championship game between the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans.