Lillian Sweeny raised seven children, learned in midlife to ride matching motorcycles with her husband and zip-lined as a senior on a dare. Living to almost 104 was an adventure.

After her husband died at age 64, she lived another lifetime in a different world from Westbury’s suburban bliss, her family said. She became one of the “Flower Girls,” a group of older women who lived in a Melville adult community and went on vacations, to concerts and on other experiences together, relatives said.

“I was always impressed with her ability to adapt,” said her eldest child, Dennis Sweeny, of Deer Park and Bradenton, Florida.

Lillian Sweeny, who had a stint as a real estate agent, died Aug. 29. The longtime Westbury and Melville resident was 16 days shy of turning 104.

Born on Sept. 14, 1921, in

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