Appointed to the US Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan who preceded her into those depths and who also took himself off of the public stage for the same reason. Dementia, no matter how it happens is a horrible condition for the victim and the family!
I was working with her niece at the time and she came in to work and said she had answered the phone at her Aunt Sandy’s home and told us it was President Reagan calling with regard to the Supreme Court position.