Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died Thursday at the age of 102. The NFL community was devastated by the loss of the NFL matriarch.

Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, and largely avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, died Feb. 6 at 102. Mrs. McCaskey’s family announced the death but did not provide more details.

Those hoping to pay respects to longtime Chicago Bears principal owner Virginia McCaskey may do so at a visitation Tuesday in Des Plaines, according to a funeral home announcement. McCaskey, the originally reluctant heir to the NFL franchise that her father,