Lorna will celebrate her 100th birthday this Sunday, December 20, a century after her birth in 1920.

She is the eldest child of Dick (Richard) and Nell Taylor's 10 children.

Lorna was educated at Fivebough Primary, a one-teacher school, and then went on to Hay High School as there was no high school in Leeton at this time.

As a boarder at Hay, Lorna travelled to school by train and she didn't get home to Leeton very often. When she did, she was a great help to her mother.

Upon the completion of her education, Lorna was employed as a house keeper at Merribee Station, south of Binya.

A woman ahead of her time, when the male cook resigned, Lorna was asked if she would consider stepping into the position.

She said she would, as long as she was paid the same wage as the male cook before her. Her boss, Harold Killen, said they "couldn't possibly" do that, so Lorna resigned a short time later.

However, Mr Killen got back in touch with her and asked if she would come back and cook and that she would be paid the higher wage.

Lorna's transport to and from Merribee was her own horse and sulky.

As part of her job, she had to travel to Binya in her sulky and collect bread on a regular basis.

One day her horse "Twilight" saw some emus and was spooked and bolted, jumping a fence in the process.

So, Lorna and the sulky ended up on one side of the fence and the horse on the other.

This was a problem, but Lorna managed to sort the mess out by herself and carry on.

After that, someone else had to go and collect the bread on horse back.

It was at Merribee Station where Lorna met her husband Russell Reberger.

They were married in Leeton on June 5, 1943.

The pair had four daughters in four years - Maureen, Lesley, Glenyss and Merryl.

They both worked very hard to bring up their daughters.

Lorna worked at the Leeton Milk Depot bottling milk into glass bottles and also at the Letona Cannery in the fruit season.

Russell and Lorna also did a lot of rabbit trapping and would bring the rabbits to Narrandera and sell them.

After the girls had all married, Lorna and Russell moved to Narrandera were Lorna went back to her long lost passion of horse riding.

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She became a very competent dressage rider with the MIA Dressage Club.

She competed in many competitions in Leeton, Griffith, Wagga, Narrandera and Canberra with much success until she was 80-years-old.

She only gave up at this time as she said her horse had gotten too old.

Russell passed away in Narrandera on May 17, 1993 aged 75.

Lorna lived independently until she had a fall and broke her pelvis and decided to go live in an aged care home - Teloca House - when she was 96-years-old.

To this day, Lorna remains an active member of the community at Teloca House and keeps busy every day.

She is still enjoying many of her hobbies and passions, including reading and knitting squares for charity.

Lorna has told her family and friends she has been very happy at Teloca House and is loved by other residents and staff members.

Lorna has nine grand children, 22 great grand children and three great, great grandchildren.

Sadly, due to COVID-19, her family aren't able to give her the big 100^th birthday party Lorna deserves to celebrate this happy occasion.

However, Lorna will still celebrate the day in a different way.

Her family wish her a happy 100^th birthday with many more to come.