the obits from the Texarkana Gazette

I wasn't particularly close to my great-aunt, who was 89.
More than anything, I feel terrible for my grandmother, her sister.
What is it like to know someone for 88 years, and then one day, they're gone? I would think it must be devastating. And so scary.

"It's the loss," is all she keeps saying. She doesn't talk about her feelings much. "It's the loss. The loss is felt."