At 109 years old, Mary Wassil Rapach has many memories.

When asked for one of her fondest, she recalled heading to the woods with her seven siblings to pluck wild blueberries.

“We would sell them,” Rapach remembered.

To mark her special day, a party —- with cake galore — was held Tuesday at the Greenwood Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hometown, where Mary is a guest.

Mary was born on March 25, 1916, to Michael and Katherine Wassil in the village of Harwood Mines near Hazleton.

Her father died when she was 2 years old, a casualty of the Spanish flu pandemic.

She attended school for a time, then worked at local garment factories. She married her husband, Andrew Rapach, in the 1940s, and the couple had two children. Andrew passed away in 1990.

Her daughter-in-law, Sandy Rapach of Zion Grove, joined Mary for the birthday celebration.

“How much cake are you going to have?” Sandy asked after seeing three cakes in front of Mary. “You are going to be sweet as ever.”

Sandy planted a kiss on Mary’s head, and the two began talking about fun times they shared.

“Do you remember making paska bread and horseradish?” Sandy asked.

With a smile, Mary said she did.

“This was a busy time of year for her with the paska bread,” Sandy said of the loaves, which are typically baked around Easter. “We’d start early in the morning and bake all day.”

And as for the horseradish, Mary grew it in her garden where she enjoyed tending to vegetables and flowers, Sandy said.

“She had a beautiful tulip garden,” Sandy said.

As the two talked, Mary remembered when her family got its first “electric” stove. She recalled making tea for the family.

Mary has nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Sandy presented her with a card signed by them.