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Published November 10, 2012, 12:00 AM

More images from 'Happy at 100: Soon-to-be centenarian ponders longevity'


Isabel Mische reflects on advice she would give about living a long life. Mische, who still lives alone in a north Fargo fourplex, turns 100 on Monday. (Carrie Snyder / The Forum)

  • Isabel Mische reflects on advice she would give about living a long life. Mische, who still lives alone in a north Fargo fourplex, turns 100 on Monday. (Carrie Snyder / The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische was married to her husband, Louis, on Aug. 27, 1932. (Carrie Snyder / The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische on the Fourth of July in 2008 on Big Cormorant Lake in Audubon, Minn. (Special to The Forum)
  • Mische with eight of her great-grandchildren on Fourth of July 2011 on Big Cormorant Lake in Audubon. Top row, from left: Christian Montgomery, Sean Montgomery, Ella Montgomery, Casey Montgomery, baby Gunnar Peterson, Elizabeth Montgomery. Bottom row, from left: Isabel, baby Colin Montgomery and Calvin Montgomery. (Special to The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische with great-granddaughters Elizabeth, left, and Ellason Montgomery in 2007 on Big Cormorant Lake. (Special to The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische with grandsons, from left, Brad, Mike and Doug Montgomery in 2006 on Big Cormorant Lake. (Special to The Forum)
  • Louis and Isabel Mische with daughters Erlys, left, and Sharon, in the 1940s. (Special to The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische with Jerry Grant’s Model A Ford <br /><br />in 2009 in Fargo. (Special to The Forum)
  • Isabel Mische, right, age 14, with a cousin in 1926. (Special to The Forum)