Mary was 70 years old when she first published a book, "San Pasqual, A Crack in the Hills". The book can still be purchased (2011) at the Escondido History Center. She began painting at age 76 and by the time she was in her nineties she had finished more than 150 oils.
"Don't let anyone tell you that life begins at 40", she said in 1981, when she was 102. "for me it started at 70 and I'd still be going strong if it wasn't for my hearing. I really liked going to all the club meetings, but my hearing is so bad that I'm not going any more."
Mary was born in the Sweetwater Valley in what is now the Bonita area of San Diego County.
Her father. B. B. Rockwood, became a dairy rancher and she went to the one-room San Pasqual School, graduating in 1894. A class reunion of those who attended the school in 1886 was featured in a 1944 Life Magazine article. She was the last surviving member of the class and also the last survivor of the Escondido High School class of 1898.
She was married at the at age of 20 to Everett Peet, also a dairy rancher.
She was a Red Cross volunteer, a past president of the Women's Club of Escondido and a charter member of the Escondido Historical Society. For 81 years she was secretary-treasurer of the San Pasqual Cemetery Association.
The city of Escondido proclaimed a day in her honor on March 8, 1979 on her 100th birthday.
"Don't let anyone tell you that life begins at 40", she said in 1981, when she was 102. "for me it started at 70 and I'd still be going strong if it wasn't for my hearing. I really liked going to all the club meetings, but my hearing is so bad that I'm not going any more."
Mary was born in the Sweetwater Valley in what is now the Bonita area of San Diego County.
Her father. B. B. Rockwood, became a dairy rancher and she went to the one-room San Pasqual School, graduating in 1894. A class reunion of those who attended the school in 1886 was featured in a 1944 Life Magazine article. She was the last surviving member of the class and also the last survivor of the Escondido High School class of 1898.
She was married at the at age of 20 to Everett Peet, also a dairy rancher.
She was a Red Cross volunteer, a past president of the Women's Club of Escondido and a charter member of the Escondido Historical Society. For 81 years she was secretary-treasurer of the San Pasqual Cemetery Association.
The city of Escondido proclaimed a day in her honor on March 8, 1979 on her 100th birthday.
Mary was 70 years old when she first published a book, "San Pasqual, A Crack in the Hills". The book can still be purchased (2011) at the Escondido History Center. She began painting at age 76 and by the time she was in her nineties she had finished more than 150 oils.
"Don't let anyone tell you that life begins at 40", she said in 1981, when she was 102. "for me it started at 70 and I'd still be going strong if it wasn't for my hearing. I really liked going to all the club meetings, but my hearing is so bad that I'm not going any more."
Mary was born in the Sweetwater Valley in what is now the Bonita area of San Diego County.
Her father. B. B. Rockwood, became a dairy rancher and she went to the one-room San Pasqual School, graduating in 1894. A class reunion of those who attended the school in 1886 was featured in a 1944 Life Magazine article. She was the last surviving member of the class and also the last survivor of the Escondido High School class of 1898.
She was married at the at age of 20 to Everett Peet, also a dairy rancher.
She was a Red Cross volunteer, a past president of the Women's Club of Escondido and a charter member of the Escondido Historical Society. For 81 years she was secretary-treasurer of the San Pasqual Cemetery Association.
The city of Escondido proclaimed a day in her honor on March 8, 1979 on her 100th birthday.
"Don't let anyone tell you that life begins at 40", she said in 1981, when she was 102. "for me it started at 70 and I'd still be going strong if it wasn't for my hearing. I really liked going to all the club meetings, but my hearing is so bad that I'm not going any more."
Mary was born in the Sweetwater Valley in what is now the Bonita area of San Diego County.
Her father. B. B. Rockwood, became a dairy rancher and she went to the one-room San Pasqual School, graduating in 1894. A class reunion of those who attended the school in 1886 was featured in a 1944 Life Magazine article. She was the last surviving member of the class and also the last survivor of the Escondido High School class of 1898.
She was married at the at age of 20 to Everett Peet, also a dairy rancher.
She was a Red Cross volunteer, a past president of the Women's Club of Escondido and a charter member of the Escondido Historical Society. For 81 years she was secretary-treasurer of the San Pasqual Cemetery Association.
The city of Escondido proclaimed a day in her honor on March 8, 1979 on her 100th birthday.
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