Submitted Photo Bernadine Heily stays active going into her 100th year and enjoys a good cup of coffee.
Bernadine Heily, a longtime resident of Mohall and Minot, will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends on Saturday, Oct. 25.
Born and raised in Grano in 1925, Heily attended school in both Grano and Lockwood. She later moved with her parents, Robert and Josephine Wright, and her sisters, Helen and Estelle, to Mohall.
In 1945, Bernadine married Hugh Heily at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church. They established their home on the Thomas Heily farmstead in Hamlet Township before eventually purchasing their own farm just two miles from the Heily homestead. Bernadine and Hugh lived on their farm for 61 years, raising their family and enjoying all aspects of farm life. The couple also