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Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Wife reminded me a couple of days ago that her father, who is almost 89, has lost several friends lately. (MIL died in 2020 of Alzheimer's and it wasn't pretty).

FIL is realizing he is the last man standing. At times he gets a bit down as a result of the loss of his wife and friends. But he is pretty chipper most of the time.

My grandmother is well into her 90s. She lost her youngest, her son, a couple of years ago. Her husband is long gone. Many years ago, she moved from the home that she'd made with my grandfather for many years to be closer to her oldest daughter and my cousins. She's ready to go. I get it. She's still got 2 daughters and grand kids, but moved away from her friends and garden and church. My mom and grandmother would walk in their neighborhood every morning/day except Sundays, inclement weather, appts, etc.... She recently stopped walking as she's felt unsteady and is now using a walker around the house. Unfortunately, my mom has also stopped walking even though she should probably still be walking. But I know she wouldn't want to walk alone.

My great grandmother, ^her^ mother, went when she was 98 or 97. She was living with my grandparents. She got up and went to the table for breakfast. She sat down and was eating some oat meal. As I heard it she made a noise, kind of like "Oh!" and fell face first into her oat meal and that was that. That seems like a good way to go maybe second only to dying in your sleep.