Georgia Hiller will turn 100 on Saturday. Submitted photo

After retiring as a school librarian, Georgia Hiller never lost the love of reading.

She’ll turn 100 on Saturday, and continue her love for books.

Her family has scheduled a birthday party for her at the Landmark Restaurant.

Her son Paul Hiller, of Cleveland, said she lives alone in Driftwood, near Bemus Point, and she is still very active in her church, Pilgrim Memorial United Church of Christ, 70 McKinley Ave.

Her husband passed away at 94, and her mother passed when she was 99, and her sister passed at 98, so her son said it’s fitting that she is reaching the 100-year milestone.

“We have family coming from around the country – Arizona, Maryland – to celebrate,” Paul said.

She enjoys going out to eat, and enjoying seafood. She also enjoys going to the Fluvanna Free Library, 3532 Fluvanna Ave., to read books by author James Patterson. She also likes other fiction authors as well as reading non-fiction historical books, Paul said.

“She didn’t do any writing, but she loves reading. It’s a favorite pastime of hers,” Paul added. “She reads everything.”

Another pastime she enjoyed, when her husband was living, was to travel during the summer months in their motorhome, Paul said.

“She and my dad traveled all over the United States,” Paul said. “They also went to Mexico and Canada too.”

Georgia Hiller was born in Fillmore near Wellsville. She graduated from Houghton University. She was a school librarian for several years working for The Bemus Point School District, Fenner Elementary School, in Falconer, and Fletcher Elementary School in Jamestown, her son said. She and her late husband moved to the Driftwood area in the 1950s, and built a house there, the one in which she still resides.

At the party her son said people probably will just enjoy the meal, and the fact she is turning 100, and really not worry about gifts.

“There’s really nothing to consider,” Paul said of his mom receiving any gifts.