Great Falls centenarian shares wisdom Bradac's family moved to North Dakota to homestead when she was four. Their modern amenities are today's antiques; Bradac still remembers singing as her mother did the family's laundry on a washing board. Until the age of 32, long past normal marrying age in those days, Bradac was single and taught junior high. When she married, Bradac became a rancher. She and her husband raised cattle until he died in 1969. Through two hard North Dakota winters, Bradac lived on the ranch alone before she moved to Great Falls, a town she had always liked. When Bradac's two oldest daughters talk about their mother's work ethic, they repeat, in unison, a rhyme she clearly told them often. "If a job is once begun, never leave it 'til it's done. If a job be large or small, do it well or not at all." Except, they say, she always left off the last few words. "Not at all" wasn't an option....