My dear cousin Edie passed away yesterday.....she was ten years older than me.... The last surviving daughter/child of my late father's oldest sister, Bessie.
Services NEXT Tuesday......
On my father's side of the family, ALL of my cousins, save two, are older than me. A couple are pushing 90-something. My mother was a bit disconcerted when she first met and married my father that many of his nieces were her age or older.
While they all seem to be in relatively good health (my father's side of the family is long-lived), I expect a call almost any day about one of them having passed.
It's always a blow when a family member passes. My condolences.