Bernadette "Bonnie" Reilly

BERNADETTE (BONNIE) REILLY PASSED AWAY ON JULY 8, 2025.
SHE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 6,1925 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. HER HUSBAND RAYMOND PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: RANDY (SANDRA) OF FORTH COLLINS, CO., SHERIDAN OF NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., MAUREEN (BRADLEY) OF LOVLAND, Co., TERRENCE (PAULA) OF WELLESLEY, MA., TIMOTHY (CATHY) OF ROCKPORT, MA., SCOTT (HUONG) OF GROSSE POINT, MI.,AND A BROTHER REINIE EVESLAGE OF CORINTH, MISS. THERE ARE 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. INTERACTING WITH AND ENJOYING HER FAMILY WAS THE MOST SATISFYING PART OF BONNIE'S LIFE.
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, BONNIE WORKED AS A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST IN SEVERAL MIDWEST HOSPITALS. SHE EARNED A MANAGEMENT DEGREE AND SERVED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CLIICAL LABOATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HOSPITAL FOR TWENTY YEARS. DURING THAT TIME SHE WAS ON THE NATIONAL BOARD OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY, ALPHA MU TAU.
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO ROCKPORT IN 1997 AND HAVE LOVED LIVING IN THIS AREA. BONNIE ENJOYED BEING A DOCENT AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM AND THE ART CENTER.. SHE WORKED WITH THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF SACRED HEART CHURCH. GOLF WAS ALWAYS AN OVER RIDING PASSION AND SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE LGA AT THE ROCKORT COUNTRY CLUB.
SUMMERS WERE SPENT IN ANGEL FIRE, NEW MEXICO WORKING ON FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL LIBRARY AND HOLY ANGELS CHIRCH.....AS WELL AS SPENDING TIME ON THE GOLF COURSE. DURING RETIREMENT BONNIE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO THE SIXTEEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND, AMONG SOMEWHAT MORE CULTURED ACTIVITIES, HAS ENJOYED RIDING ON AN ELEPHANT IN THALAND AND ON A CAMEL IN AFRICA. 

A MEMORIAL MASS WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMEBER 8, 2025 AT 10:00 AM AT STELLA MARIS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LAMAR, TEXAS WITH A ROSARY TO BE RECITED AT 9:15 AM. INTERNMENT WILL  FOLLOW AT LAMAR CEMETERY. IN LEIU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASKS TO DONATE TO YOUR FAVORITE CHARITY.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AFTER THE BURIAL AT THE ROCKPORT COUNTRY CLUB FROM 12:OO PM UNTIL 2:00 PM.