I think ya'll need to recheck this. I went to her website & checked. What it said was that there has been a death in the family, but did not specify who it was. The people that own the business now is not Kaye herself. She retired when she sold the business to them in 2010 & moved to the SW somewhere. I tried to find Kaye's orbituary & could nor find one, so I guess she's still alive.