[Patti]

A childhood friend that I went to school with and my parents took in for Holidays and extended periods of time killed her self and her 2 cats. She had had a very rough life with her Mom dying when she was 10 and an alcoholic father. Her and her younger brother ended up as wards of the state but my Mom always had them on Holidays and over the years 40 or so she kept in touch mostly when she fell on hard times and my Mom and my sister always gave her money. A couple of years ago she moved back to the area and would call every couple of months for money. Well my sister got the call this morning. She was going to be evicted again and her one friend and his wife who had taken her in many times before said they couldn't do it again. She wa an alcoholic and we never knew. We would have gotten her help if we had known. I have been dealing with the medical examiners office all day because her brother who has no money, can't afford to make arrangements for her and my Mom wants to take care of it but they won't release her to us until her brother faxes something to the funeral home. He is afraid to because he doesn't want to be liable. I think we have him convinced to do it. He has his own problems and hasn't seen his sister since the 70's.It is so sad to think she was so low she killed her cats that she lived for and then herself. We wish we had known how bad off she was. Thanks for listening.