“Exercise and word search puzzles,” are two of the keys of
long life according to Exeter resident Sylvia Reil Riley. Riley turned 99
on Saturday and wasn’t planning anything special for her birthday.
Originally from Milford, Riley lived in Crete and Sutton
before moving to Friend in 1958. She has lived in Exeter the past few
years. She and her husband, who passed away in 1980, had five children,
four are still living.
She has always enjoyed gardening and canning, flea markets
and fishing recalling many good memories of fishing trips to Milford Lake in
Kansas and fishing in the Blue River.
Her daughter, Shirley Bowman, of Sterling, recalled her
mother talking about throwing hay bales with her brothers as a young
girl. She also stated, “Mom walked a lot until she just couldn’t
anymore.”
These days Riley continues to do her word search puzzles and
play Bingo every chance she gets and doesn’t seem too impressed by the fact
that she turned 99, “It’s nothing special.”
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