Our last trip out west before I was laid-off was in the summer of 2010. My mom and I wanted to go back to South Dakota again before driving to visit our elderly cousin for a week. At this time, she was in a nursing home and no longer had her apartment. She didn't care for being in the nursing home and would have rather been in her apartment. One thing she did enjoy was watching the squirrels outside her window. We were very fortunate to be able to visit her this one last time. She passed away at the age of 99 about a month after we came home. We love and miss you cousin Fern.