Bernadette "Bonnie" Reilly

BERNADETTE (BONNIE) REILLY PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON JULY 8, 2025. BERNADETTE EVESLAGE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 6,1925 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF OVER 50 YEARS, RAYMOND RANDALL REILLY.. SHE IS SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: RANDY (SANDRA) OF FORT COLLINS, CO., SHERIDAN OF NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., MAUREEN (BRADLEY) OF LOVELAND, CO., TERRENCE (PAULA) OF WELLESLEY, MA., TIMOTHY (CATHY) OF ROCKPORT, MA.AND, SCOTT (HUONG) OF GROSSE POINT, MI.,AND HER BROTHER REINIE EVESLAGE OF CORINTH, MISS. THERE ARE 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 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 CLINICAL LABORATORY 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 TECHNOLOGISTS AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY, ALPHA MU TAU. BONNIE AND RAY RETIRED TO ROCKPORT IN 1997 AND HAVE LOVED LIVING IN THIS AREA. BONNIE ENJOYED BEING A DOCENT AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM AND THE ROCKPORT ART CENTER.. SHE ALSO 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 ROCKPORT 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, RODE AN ELEPHANT IN THAILAND AND A CAMEL IN AFRICA.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT THE ROCKPORT COUNTRY CLUB AFTER A PRIVATE FAMILY MASS AND BURIAL ON NOVEMBER 8, 2025.