Thank you everyone, for the very kind thoughts and sentiments. In addition to my sister & I being there at 'then end', all of her grandchildren were either in or just outside the house. So she truly was surrounded by family, and hopefully she knew that on some level.

My mother had always felt very bad that my father died alone in a hospital, and we were notified by a phne call from the doctor. So being home meant alot to her, and although it was quite difficult at the time, in retrospect it doesn't seem so bad to have been there.

Apple